Dennis,  there  are  many  private  initiatives worldwide in many
research  areas,  not  the  least  in marine archeology. However,
there  is  a very clear difference between *organized*, privately
funded  research  and  week-end  divers  who get together to feed
sharks  or  "salvage"  (take  a  piece home) of whatever they may
find.  Research  is  not  a  game  and  it has to be backep up by
professionals and serious approaches.

There  are  several  protocoles  to  conduct marine archeological
research.

I  urge the divers who would like to "salvage" marine heritage to
get  trained  up  and  apply to JOIN established research groups.
There  are  plenty of those organizations in the USA covering all
thinkable disciplines of marine research.

Cheers,

----
aldo.solari@ho*.se* (fisheries biologist)
Home page, www.ccbb.ulpgc.es/fish-ecology/solaris
----

dmweldy@kn*.ne*

DMW> <snip>
>>
>> Destruction  of  cultural  heritage  is a kind of terrorism which
>> denies  the knowledge of history and the identity to many people.

DMW> You know, I was kind of thinking you had a point, until that statement.
DMW> I disagree with it.

DMW> Tell me, though. The Hunley was missing for over 100 years.
DMW> It was recovered by private investors (Clive Cussler, IIRC) and
DMW> its recovery is bringing knowledge of history (the model they have in
DMW> Charleston, SC is wrong in many ways) to folks.

DMW> It does nothing while sitting on the bottom.

DMW> Dennis
DMW> <snip>

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