China News Service, January 18 (Xinhua) According to Reuters, on the 18th local time, Pacific island countries called on Japan to postpone the discharge of nuclear sewage from Fukushima due to concerns that fisheries would be affected by nuclear sewage.
Data map: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan.
According to reports, at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) held in Suva, the capital of Fiji, on the 18th, Secretary-General Puna said, "Countries in this region firmly believe that before all parties have confirmed safety, the ) into the sea.”
The forum's 17 island nations believe that releasing nuclear water into the sea could have a major impact on the fishing grounds that island economies depend on.
As much as 50 percent of the world's tuna is produced in this region.
Puna said that to this day, the people of the Pacific island nations live with the long-term legacy of nuclear testing every day.
Puna emphasized, "We must not be misled by the actions of others and lead us to another major nuclear pollution disaster."
On the 13th before that, the Japanese government announced that it would begin to discharge treated Fukushima nuclear sewage into the ocean "in the spring and summer of 2023".
The National Federation of Fisheries Associations of Japan stated again on the same day that its attitude against the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea has not changed.