Here are some excerpts from recent publications regarding
Radiation and Selenium:
From the Oregon Albacore Commission:
As information about radiation from Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant emerge, concerns about our Pacific albacore have been raised. The following statements address these concerns.
The Albacore tuna caught by the U.S. troll & pole fleet are migratory warm water fish. They journey widely across the Northern Pacific Ocean following patterns of warm water and feed. 10 years of tagging data show that these fish do not come anywhere close to the cold waters of Japan at this time of year and it is believed that these albacore tuna stocks are currently many hundreds if not thousands of miles away from Japan at this time.
This diminishing radioactivity will likely dilute to undetectable levels along the Japanese coast and the migratory off-shore albacore tuna are expected to be completely unaffected by this event.
… and, the link to the entire report, (these are Acrobat PDF files and will automatically download to your download location on your computer.)
http://www.newmansfish.com/Albacore News May 2011.pdf
… and a report from the FDA on “U.S. Seafood Safe and Unaffected by Radiation Contamination from Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Incident”
http://www.newmansfish.com/seafoodsafetyfactsheet_03may2011.pdf
Selenium in Ocean Fish Protects Against Mercury
Here is a link to an interesting chart showing the relationship between essential selenium and mercury in popular Pacific fish and how our favorite fish are more likely to protect against mercury toxicity than to cause it.
http://www.newmansfish.com/Selenium_Poster_final.pdf