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The Waste Awareness Baseline Survey was carried out in Suva, Apia, and South Tarawa as part of the Pacific Regional Waste Awareness and Education Program. The objective of the survey was to assess the level of awareness regarding solid waste issues, identify key waste issues and their causal factors, describe potential solutions to the problems, ascertain sources of understanding, and assess the level of resourcing available.

The purpose of this survey is to assist the Fisheries Department in gathering data for the stock assessment program so management strategies can be formulated for the long term. This stock assessment survey was year two of a three-year program. The survey encompassed the Torba Province, which is the northern most province of the Vanuatu group and is made up of the Banks and Torres group of islands. The species surveyed were beche-de-mer, rock lobsters, giant clams, and coconut crabs. This area has not been surveyed before so this will provide a base line for future surveys and play an integral part in formulating management plans for the fishery.