Link: REPORT IS HERE
'Colonial Commerce, Piracy, Shipbuilding, the American Civil War, WW1, WW2, as well as a wide range of materials associate with regional coastal heritage..." or any wreck of historical value that there is, so they can "assist the public" by "studying" human impact on them and protect them from degrading further, etc. NOAA is clearly looking to expand elsewhere beyond NC.
Can you imagine applying for a permit from NOAA every time you want to dive the Resor, Arundo, Gulf Trader, Tolten, Stolt, U-869, etc.? Reading this just made my blood boil and prodded me to buy Gary Gentile's book "Shipwreck Heresies."
Though they mention it several times, go to Page 102 in the report link below to read their expansion plans.
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