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16 Avril 2014
April 15, 2014
Young salmon released into river in Fukushima
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140415_31.html
Fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture have released young salmon into a local river for the first time in 4 years.
The Kido River running through Naraha town yielded about 70,000 salmon annually before the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011.
Fishing was suspended after the disaster because the area was designated an evacuation zone.
But tests last year and this year on salmon that had been released before the disaster found them free of radioactive material.
About 10 people from a local fishermen's cooperative released 10,000 salmon fry into the river on Tuesday.
The young fish -- each about 5 centimeters long -- were brought from nearby Iwaki city, because the local hatchery was destroyed in the 2011 earthquake.
Local fishermen plan to reopen the hatchery and release home-raised fry into the river in 2016.
They're hoping that a revival of salmon fishing will help reinvigorate their town.
Apr. 15, 2014 - Updated 08:38 UTC
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