Artefact Laws Threaten Salvage Operations
International Tug & Salvage
July 1, 2008
Courts, legislators, and diplomats have weighed in to prevent plunder of marine archaeological sites in ways that may impact commercial salvage operations. That impact may be physical and operationally disruptive, but the more insidious effect may be on the legal underpinnings of salvage which go back 3,000 years. This paper questions whether the professional salvage community has put its future in peril by not facing up to the risks these measures pose, believing their impact will be felt only by "treasure salvors".
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of International Tug & Salvage.
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