Japan's fishing industry a major casualty of nuclear crisis
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 01:00
in Earth & Climate
In harbor towns hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, residents worry that radioactive contamination of the seafood chain may cost them their livelihoods.Standing on the deck of his 91-foot trawler, veteran fisherman Tomoyuki Kondou winces over reports that radioactivity from Japan's damaged nuclear power plant in nearby Fukushima has contaminated the local food supply after this month's deadly earthquake and tsunami.