This “fact finding” trip was undertaken within the SOPAC/EU EDF 8/9 Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific Islands States Project. The trip was a follow up to an earlier Multi-Stakeholder Consultation meeting (29th October 2003), where the following issues pertaining to Aggregates and Coastal Processes were identified. Otherwise, the trip was initiated to meet the EDF 8/9 project tasks for Tuvalu as outlined in the Work Plan (Task No.’s. TV 1.1.1; 1.1.2 and TV 1.2.4; 1.2.5; 1.2.6 [TV 3.5.2]).