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To: David.Cooper@cc*.ad*.wi*.ed*
To: io@st*.ac*.uk*
Subject: Re: Re[2]: USA wreck protection
From: <Christina_Young@Wa*.Me*.co*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Cc: nautarch@sa*.ed*
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 95 10:22:30 EST

DJ,

Are you actually trying to imply that artifact collecting is
compatible with you definition of "preservation"?  I hope so.
The artifacts collected and preserved by divers will not be
lost to the destructive sea.  The ASA does not prohibit artifact
collecting.  In most (if not all) National Marine Sanctuaries it
is prohibited.  99% of these artifacts here will be lost forever.

> The principle may be idealistic, but it has stood the test of
> time for many people in many different outdoor sports and deserves
> better than to be labelled "naive."

"Other outdoor sports" are irrelevant.  Please give an example
where shipwreck preservation (in the ocean) has "stood the test
of time".  The Monitor is now a pile of junk ("preserved"?).  The
Titanic and its treasures will soon be gone (witness the decay
from the several popular films about it) - "preserved"?

As Finnern said, it IS about power-hungry, un-elected bureaucrats.
Just because a diver doesn't have some obscure PhD doesn't mean
they can't properly document, collect, and preserve these artifacts.

Regards, Christina

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