This was an area where many boats were wrecked during Tropical Cyclone Pam in 2015. There are still wrecked boats on the shoreline and under the water.
Bow thruster
debris from wrecked boats
batteries
electrical tools and appliances
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This was part of a marine litter demonstration project undertaken with the Vanuatu Environmental Science Society and TierrMar under the Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP) funded by the UK government. The aim was to demonstrate that cyclone debris is still a problem 4 years on from the devastating cyclone that wrecked many boats in the harbour. To calculate the amount of debris that there is per square meter we measured the area and dived along 50 meter ropes. In all there were 21 transects set 10 meters apart, which equates to 5,250 sq meters. There was another 210 x 5 meter area in the shallows beyond the transects which was also cleared. The total area was therefore 6,300 Sq meters. All the debris was taken ashore after each dive and was counted together at the end of the cleanup.
There are more than 20 "other items" I have an excel spreadsheet which details everything that was found which I can supply.
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