'Japan's Nuclear Plant Contaminated Water Discharge'... Gangwon Province Jointly Responds with Related Agencies

Haenam County mobilized 46 vessels from the Songho and Eobul fishing cooperatives in Songji-myeon on June 19 to conduct a large-scale collection of the massive amount of Sargassum seaweed, removing 230 tons of Sargassum in one day.

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] The Gangwon Province East Sea Headquarters announced on the 15th that "in response to the Japanese government's decision to release contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, we will maintain a cooperative system with central government agencies and take all necessary measures to protect the health and safety of the residents."

According to the province on the same day, among the 39 nationwide coastal radioactive material monitoring sites promoted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (3 sites on the Gangwon East Coast: Donghae Port, Jumunjin, Geojin), the number of surveys for 13 major marine areas including Jumunjin has been expanded from 4 to 6 times to monitor the inflow into domestic waters.

Radioactivity tests are conducted on about 40 species preferred by consumers, including migratory and benthic fish such as Pacific saury and Alaska pollock, which are domestically produced seafood, as well as seaweed such as miyeok and dashima.

The province will also strengthen the management of distribution history and crackdown on false origin labeling of imported Japanese seafood such as scallops, sea snails, red sea bream, yellowtail, and Alaska pollock, in cooperation with the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service, the Donghae Regional Coast Guard, and 18 cities and counties in Gangwon.

Furthermore, under the leadership of the Gangwon Provincial Council, a statement urging the withdrawal of Japan's decision to release contaminated water into the ocean will be issued, and the heads of nine district fisheries cooperatives within the province will form a "Nuclear Power Plant Contaminated Water Release Countermeasure Council" to strongly oppose and condemn the ocean discharge.

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