I can jump in quickly, Terry, to give a few more metrics on that.
Since 2017, in partnership with the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, the Coastal Restoration Society removed over three million pounds of anthropogenic debris from the waters of Clayoquot Sound alone. This amount is increasing exponentially every year as we become the inevitable end of the line for most of the debris washing across the Pacific.
Since the Zim Kingston spill, we've seen a daily influx of debris like Yeti coolers, yoga mats, exercise equipment and children's bicycle helmets, which we're reporting to the Coast Guard on a daily basis. Surveys have been under way, recovery efforts have been under way, but the volume of this debris that is exactly attributable to the Zim Kingston continues to wash in.
So far, the recovery and survey efforts that we've undertaken in partnership with the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation and other nations across Clayoquot Sound have not been supported by either Danaos, the owner of the Zim Kingston, or the Amix Group, the contractor that's been hired by Danaos to support these recovery efforts.
We really need to see a concerted response and a long-term plan to recover the debris from the over 100 containers that are still missing and presumed to be sunk along the waters of the west coast of Vancouver Island, most of which, as indicated by the volume of debris reaching the shores of Tla-o-qui-aht territory in Clayoquot Sound, seems to be nearby.
That's one of the things we'd like the committee to take away from this presentation today, that we need to encourage both the shipowner and the contractor, Amix Group, to direct a lot more resources and funding to the survey and recovery efforts along the west coast of Vancouver Island.