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SPREP is implementing climate information services for resilient development in Vanuatu (CISRD) or Vanuatu Klaemet infomesen blong redy, adapt mo protekt (Van KIRAP) project. T+TI has been engaged to provide technical expertise on the Van KIRAP project for the department of eater resources (DoWR) to review and update existing flood mitigation guidelines for the Srakata catchment in Espiritu Santo Island (Department of water resources, 2011) and to support the development of flood early warning systems in Sarakata

The people in the canoes are responsible for measuring 40 m along the line of the channel between pot sites, checking that the pots have been set correctlv (i.e. flat J on the bed, and checking that the rope from the buoy to the pot is long enough to ensure tiat the buoy will float freely at high tide. For measuring the 40 m between pot sites, a canoe paddles ahead with the tape measure while the dinghy, or other canoe, acts as an anchor at the previous pot position and feeds out the tape.