Could this Southern Bluefin Tuna have been affected by Fukushima radiation?

Yikes!

yup, obviously...

That is/was a sick fish.

Love to know if it is even possible for the fish to have swam in waters possibly affected by Fukushima radiation

Looks like Fuko radiation to me.

Looks like necrotic muscle. May have gotten hooked a day or two earlier and put on a big fight and got loose.

necrotic muscle is NOT yellow, gooey and a totally different texture. Back to fish school!

Seen it before. It's handling damage.

This is seriously effed up sh!t.

Anyone know estimates of how far the radiation could have spread by now?

Muscle necrosis from ischemia is pale, yellow, and gooey. It may turn black in a few more hours if hemorrhage into the necrotic area develops. Also, compartment syndrome that develops from increasing pressure that first occludes venous return will start out dark and get darker---but primary ischemia from infarction starts out pale.
[link to vet.uga.edu]

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He should freeze it until he can get a geiger counter on that thing.

The jet stream takes it around the Earth everywhere every four days.

So...the answer is everywhere in the Northern hemisphere and a bit spillover into South America.

This is not radiation damage. Muscle is one of the least sensitive tissues in the body to environmental radiation. A "hot particle" could get stuck in the gills or the gut, but would cause damage there, not out in the muscles.

Actually yes, we know where it is
but when i am telling you where bad People and bloody Wart-Troll will floof
your Thread!

(when you research it you get all the Info)

But i can tell you that it is not under the Equator and not in the North-North Pacific!

Caesium goes into the skin and the bones.

So...you are probably right

ewww..... that is awful looking. Def Fukishima........

How does cesium-137 get into the body?

People may ingest cesium-137 with food and water, or may inhale it as dust. If cesium-137 enters the body, it is distributed fairly uniformly throughout the body's soft tissues, resulting in exposure of those tissues. Slightly higher concentrations of the metal are found in muscle, while slightly lower concentrations are found in bone and fat. Compared to some other radionuclides, cesium-137 remains in the body for a relatively short time. It is eliminated through the urine. Exposure to cesium-137 may also be external (that is, exposure to its gamma radiation from outside the body).

[link to www.epa.gov]

Can anyone find pics of fish with this type of damage in colour though?

Question is...would YOU eat it?

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I'd eat it if I was hungry. Burnout/burnt-flesh syndrome is the correct term, it appears.

I love catchin tuna they are powerful fish