Seafood merchants worry about the future of Fisheries and aquaculture

By: Jiaqi Wang

Nuclear sewage discharged into the sea will cause a major blow to the seafood industry and maricultural industry.

In February, the relevant committee of the Japanese government responsible for the treatment of nuclear sewage issued a report, which listed two options of “marine discharge” and “steam” to treat nuclear sewage, claiming that “marine discharge is more feasible“.

On April 9, the Japanese government basically decided to discharge the nuclear sewage from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

For the discharge of nuclear waste water, although the Japanese government promised to reduce the concentration of radioactive substances in the waste water to a safe level before the discharge, according to the analysis of authoritative experts, in addition to tritium, the treated nuclear waste water also includes carbon-14, cobalt-60, strontium-90 and other isotopes. Its half-life is longer, and the harm to human beings and the environment will be more lasting and complex than tritium.

There is a lot of opposition in Japanese fisheries.

“Since the explosion in 2011, Japanese Seafood has been destroyed. It took a full decade for the industry to recover. “

“Now, Japan’s fisheries will be destroyed again.”

"“We are dead against a release of contaminated water to the ocean as it could have a catastrophic impact on the future of Japan’s fishing industry,” Hiroshi Kishi, president of JF Zengyoren, a confederation of Japanese fishing cooperatives" https://t.co/dU0K4WvTip TEPCO Japan

— The Ghost of Dr Carl Jensen (@Cecalli_Helper) October 12, 2020

After the Fukushima nuclear power plant leak, 54 countries and regions in the world restricted Japan’s food imports.

So far, due to concerns about pollution, 15 countries and regions still maintain import restrictions on Japanese food.

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste water discharge will have a serious impact on the global fisheries, and its domestic seafood will first be boycotted by various countries, and then have a serious chain impact on its fisheries and related industries.

Japan said it would ensure safety in releasing water with low levels of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant but fishing groups fear the impact on seafood sales https://t.co/SoDLODgNuR

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 14, 2021

Chinese seafood merchants and Fisheries may be hit

Many China seafood companies said that they will pay close attention to the relevant news during this period and worry about the impact on seafood sales in the future.

“Consumers may change their habit of eating seafood due to this action, but I’m going to change my career if it’s really possible,” said the merchant, who did not want to be named.

Yu Zhang who a seafood market staff said“Many big seafood businesses are worried about the future, and individual small businesses are even more difficult.”

Japan’s nuclear waste water will also pollute the East China Sea, Yellow Sea and other sea areas, affecting a series of industries such as mariculture, marine fishing and salt industry, Zhang Jiangang, an expert on marine issues, told reporters on the 14th.

Few people in seafood market By: Jiaqi Wang