摘要：The large-scale release of radioactive substances from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company caused significant damages to local fisheries in March 2011. Japan’s government did not revoke fishing licenses in Fukushima, but the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Association immediately suspended all commercial fishing activities in Fukushima waters. The government issued instructions prohibiting the sale of certain marine products caught in the waters off Fukushima Prefecture due to food safety concerns. The prohibitions have been lifted gradually and, in June 2012, the Fisheries Cooperative Associations decided to resume fishing activities for three species (two octopus species and one shellfish species). Landed octopus and shellfish were actually sold with a label indicating Fukushima as their point of origin. Although other species were added to the list over the course of 2013, the scale of operation is far less smaller compared with the situation before the tsunami. Full recovery of Fukushima’s fisheries is hardly expected in one or two years. Several options for addressing weak consumer confidence are discussed.
