Marine samples gathered near Fukushima as treated radioactive water is released

A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency with scientists from China, South Korea and Canada observe the inshore fish during a morning auction at Hisanohama Port in Iwaki, northeastern Japan (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

A member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team visiting Fukushima for its first marine sampling since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the sea said he does not expect any rise in radiation levels in the fish caught in the regional seas.

The IAEA team watched flounder and other popular kinds of fish being caught off the coast earlier on Thursday and brought on boats to the Hisanohama port in southern Fukushima for an auction.