I really find it offensive that the Spanish government, which has made no effort of recovery is claiming title to shipwrecks. These people have done the research and risked life, limb and property in order to recover the objects from the sea bed. If, as they claim, the government has not abandoned the property, what have they done to recover it other than to try to steal it from legitimate salvors?

There needs to be a meeting addressing this in the next Law of the Sea conference so that the veil of secrecy can be lifted to avoid the fear of expropriation. In addition, resolving this issue would allow real archeologists to study the wrecks instead of forcing the salvors to be "rip and run" experts.