Did the toxic Fukushima waste water just kill thousands of fish in Indonesia?!
Take a look at the viral video, and find out what the facts really are!
Claim : Toxic Fukushima Water Killed Fish In Indonesia!
People are sharing a video on WhatsApp, which claims to show thousands of fish in Indonesia killed by the toxic Fukushima waste water. It’s paired with warnings like this:
ALERT: TOXIC SEA WATER HAS ARRIVED AT INDONESIA.
Fishermen are catching more dead fishes than live ones.
Jangan makan ikan dulu. Limbah racun dari jepang sdh masuk ke indonisia.
Don’t eat fish yet. Toxic waste from Japan has entered Indonesia.
日本“毒水” 相信已漂到印尼水界. 食海产可要小心。
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Truth : Fukushima Water Did Not Kill Fish In Indonesia!
This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS surrounding the release of treated waste water from the Fukushima NPS, and here are the reasons why…
Fact #1 : This Happened In Tuban, East Java
The viral video appears to be recorded on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, at the beach in front of Hotel Purnama, along the Tuban-Semarang road in Tuban, East Java, Indonesia.
Fact #2 : Fish Were Caught, Not Found Dead
The fish seen in the video were not found dead on the beach, or in the sea. Rather, they were caught by fishermen in the area.
In fact, you can see one of the fishing boats at about 0:26 in the video. The fisherman was merely dropping off his catch at the beach, to be collected by the white Bintang Novelita pickup truck seen at 0:13 in the video.
Fact #3 : Only One Type of Fish Was Caught
If you look carefully at the video, you will notice that it only shows one species of fish. Known locally as Jamal Roti or Manyung, it is a marine catfish from the Ariidae family.
This is actually the spawning season for this catfish, which not only causes them to gather, they also rise to the surface, making it easy for fishermen to catch them.
The fishermen caught about 2 tons of this catfish that day. A week earlier, they caught one ton of the same fish.
If there was any contamination killing fishes in the area, there would be an assortment of different fish species, not just one particular fish species.
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Fact #4 : Jenu Police Refuted Viral Claim
On Wednesday, 13 September 2023, Jenu Police Chief Rialto confirmed that the large number of fish were not stranded on the beach, but caught by local fishermen.
Fact #5 : Tuban Fisheries Service Refuted Viral Claim
On Wednesday, 13 September 2023, the head of the Tuban Regency Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security Service, Eko Arif Yulianto confirmed that the Manyung catfish were spawning at that time. He appealed to the public to stop believing in unverified information.
Fact #6 : Tuban DKP2P Fisheries Refuted Viral Claim
On Thursday, 14 September 2023, the head of the Tuban DKP2P Fisheries Division, Lingo Indarto, publicly refuted the claim that the fish were killed from the Fukushima waste water.
The fishermen in the video, was identified as called Sutrisno from Karangsari. He said that the fish were all caught at sea, and were healthy and fresh.
Mr. Linggo called for netizens to stop believing in unverified rumours, as they can cause great losses to the fishermen. He is also coordinating with the East Java Province Maritime and Fisheries Service to fight this fake news.
Fact #7 : No Dead Fishes Were Reported En-Route
For the Fukushima waste water to reach Tuban, it would need to travel some 7,000 kilometres past southern Japan, the Philippines, the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi, Bali and Surabaya.
Yet no dead fish were reported elsewhere. How is that possible if the Fukushima waste water is so toxic? Did the evil Japanese design the waste water to only kill fish in Tuban?
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Fact #8 : This Is Just Fake News About Fukushima
There is no doubt that Japan is facing a LOT of criticism over its release of the Fukushima waste water, even though IAEA and many experts have endorsed the plan.
However, this is just another example of FAKE NEWS being created around the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. Here are other examples I fact checked earlier:
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- Singapore Just Found NEW Radioactive Food From Japan?!
- Is BlackRock The Largest Shareholder Of TEPCO?!
- EU + Japan Have Secret Agreement To Re-Export Seafood?!
- What Makes Fukushima Radioactive Water Different?
- Did Fukushima Just Release Black Radioactive Water?!
- Did Hong Kong Just Ban ALL Food From Japan?!
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