00:02Nearly three months after ex-tropical cyclone Koji made landfall near Bowen, a three mast
00:08yacht sits wrecked. Residents have watched it pollute the fragile ecosystem.
00:14We've wound up with the entire contents of that boat spread out over our beautiful coral reef.
00:19Locals are still cleaning the beach while their homes are being repaired. Owners are responsible
00:24for removing wrecked vessels, but if they refuse, Maritime Safety Queensland steps in.
00:30It can get very expensive. We've had to pay upwards of $600,000 for some vessel removal.
00:37Hundreds of vessels have been removed in the past year, but a summer of wild weather has wrecked dozens more.
00:43Some of these are very complex. They're quite dangerous, some of them.
00:46The task of removing these wrecks may not be straightforward, but experts warn the longer they're left deteriorating in the
00:53water,
00:53the more damage they'll cause.
00:55Eco Barge Clean Seas has removed 11 tonnes of debris from the region's waters after Koji.
01:01It was out of control how much rubbish and how much broken debris, boat parts.
01:07Turtle populations and nearby Cannonvale Beach are also suffering.
01:11That's caused damage right across the seagrass meadow as those boats have been dragged, and that's caused scarring.
01:17Researchers say Queensland's coast is used to wild weather, but the frequency of events is a problem.
01:24It's just more challenging when there's weather event after weather event.
01:27A mounting costly challenge for the state and the environment.
01:31They only wanted to ride out there with이질.
01:31Atlantaisian claiming they have fallen for summer estimates.
01:33They have thirty-nine goals that rank and the political societal
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