Sukree Sukplang / Reuters An official from Thailand's Food and
Drug Administration takes a sample from a shipment of frozen
fish imported from Japan to test for possible radiation
contamination at a customs station in Bangkok today. Experts say
that fish and other marine species shouldn't be as affected by
Japan's nuclear crisis as species on land, in part because of
differences in the ways radiation is dispersed. But that doesn't
mean authorities can ease up on monitoring the sea and its
bounty for contamination. To the contrary: Inspectors around the
world are keeping a close eye on food imports from Japan, and
some countries have ordered special inspections or even outright
bans on fish coming from areas near the plant. Twenty days after
Japan's earthquake and tsunami touched off a breakdown and
partial meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, some
radiation experts are still struggling to get an accurate read
on the situation. "My basic feeling is that they're going to
come to grips with this,