Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Fish and Fishing Grounds

On March 11, 2011, the most disastrous earthquake and tsunami in modern Japanese history occurred in northeast Japan. They caused a great calamity for the people and industries on the Pacifi c coast of the Tohoku region of Japan, one of the most important regions for Japanese fi sheries. The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) was covered by a 15-m-high tsunami, and the electric power…