Fishermen worried about sea contamination

Fishermen worried about sea contamination

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fisherman in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 5, 2011, at an emergency meeting of a local fisheries cooperatives confederation to discuss the release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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