"Get permission if you can, or forget it,"......Sp
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attorney said when asked about the implications of the Black Swan case on wrecks in US waters.
That question and James Gould comments, as well as those of Dr. James P. Delgado's begin at the 1:20:42 mark in the video below. For several minutes they clearly explain current salvage law at the Dept of Commerce.
Dr. Delgado says all wrecks have owners, and BEFORE you seek to salvage a ship that belongs to someone else you better get permission. And as Raider pointed out yesterday, Spain is going after their own wrecks to protect them from commercial salvors. That story is linked at the below the video.
I will say I think the Juno Beach area is grandfathered as rights were given and it was not contested by Spain in 1988. SFRX spent 2 years to legally obtain those rights to Juno. But as we all know Dr. Tim Parsons at the Bureau says Juno is now a preserve area and a permit cannot be issued by Florida. The Juno claim is linked at the bottom.
Spain to buy ship to try and track down sunken treasure
More than 700 shipwrecks have been located, mostly in the Caribbean
For centuries, sunken Spanish galleons laden with gold, silver and emeralds have guarded their priceless treasures at the bottom of the oceans.
Now Spain’s modern day armada is to launch a new vessel that will help in efforts to find the lost loot which Madrid claims as part of its cultural heritage.
The BAM-IS will help Spain safeguard its lost heritage from commercial treasure hunters.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/euro...45088.html
https://www.scribd.com/document/482091034/SFR...Claim-Juno