Marine areas near Addu City to be protected
The protected marine areas are the Kandi-Hera Maakandu channel and the British Loyalty shipwreck.
29 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
There will be two protected marine areas near Addu City and a visitor’s fee will be charged after six months, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.
The Kandi Hera Maakandu channel is one of four into Addu City – a distinctive atoll comprising islands connected by causeways and link roads.
The British Loyalty shipwreck is a World War Two-era oil tanker that was used by the British to supply the RAF base in S.Gan. She was torpedoed by a German submarine in March 1944.
According to Peter Doling – a former education officer at RAF Gan – she was kept anchored inside the lagoon and used as a storage dump for two years after the attack. In January 1946, the tanker was scuttled in the lagoon just off of Maradhoo and is now a popular dive site.
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