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PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN<br />

<strong>Chapter</strong> III. Background, 6. Environmental Issues, Regulations, and Agreements<br />

Draft 1 March 2007<br />

CHAPTER III.<br />

BACKGROUND<br />

6. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, REGULATIONS, AND AGREEMENTS<br />

A. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES<br />

NUCLEAR ISSUE<br />

Yellowfin tuna contaminated by radioactivity from the Bikini Atoll nuclear test of 1954 were<br />

identified (Suzuki et al 1978; Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993). Few of these<br />

radioactive fish were found in the Phoenix Islands area (see Figure III-6.1 below).<br />

Figure III-6.1. Distribution of yellowfin tuna contaminated<br />

by radioactivity from the Bikini Atoll nuclear test<br />

(Suzuki et al 1978; Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993).<br />

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