ABIDE BY ALL LAWS
CONCERNING DIVING AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR UNDERWATER CULTURAL
HERITAGE.
REPORT UNDERWATER
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES
LEAVE ALL SITES AS
YOU FOUND THEM, REMOVING NOTHING
EDUCATE YOUR DIVERS
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TEACH THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF
PRESERVING IT.
EVERY ARTIFACT
CARRIES THE SAME IMPORTANCE, NO MATTER ITS CHARACTERISTICS OR SIZE.
WITH THE NEW WAYS MODERN SCIENCE ALLOWS US TO GATHER INFORMATION, A
SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT ARTIFACT MAY PROVE TO BE THE MOST SCIENTIFICALLY
VALUABLE OBJECT ON A SITE.
EVERY UNSTUDIED SITE
CARRIES THE SAME IMPORTANCE AND ITS PROTECTION IS PARAMOUNT.
ACT AS GUARDIANS OF
OUR HERITAGE, IN NO WAY SUPPORTING OR BEING INVOLVED WITH LOOTING OR
DAMAGING OF A SITE.
ORGANIZE VISITS TO
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OR SHIPWRECKS IN A WAY THAT ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE IS
LIMITED (FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY LEAD SKILLED DIVERS TO SUCH SITES OR
MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ARTIFACTS. EVEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS OFTEN
REMOVE THEIR FINS WHEN EXCAVATING SITES IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE RISK
OF ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE).
