Deep Blue Marine (DPBE)

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There is much validation in your argument
there is no easy answer to this dilemma, It is obvious after 19 months of negotiations that UNESCO
is not the answer for the Dominican Republic. Academia can not afford to pursue the quest with any
serious productivity. But this country will not return to the loose regulated systems of the past either.
Until a reasonable solution is stated and administered unfortunately the moratorium will probably stay in effect.
The country at large has always taken a dim outlook on a commercial company sailing away with half of what is found, but some people such as myself understand that there is great cost involved in your efforts.
The looting of cultural sites is a concern for this government, however the amount of artifacts that a couple of local fisherman can recover without sophisticated location and excavation tools is very small. You as someone who worked in this country in the past and excavated artifacts must understand this.
We attempt to remain vigilant, but we are an island country and it is a daunting task.
However most of our sunken cultural heritage is below three or four feet of overburden, and will remain so as it has for the last three or four hundred years- until we develop a better solution.