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Karenv

02-22-2006 02:26 PM

Isn't it the law of the sea that anything that washes up is fair game?

Pie	02-22-2006 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Karenv

Isn't it the law of the sea that anything that washes up is fair game?

Not always true. See Wikipedia's article on Ambergris:

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In the United States, possession of any part of an endangered species — including ambergris that has washed ashore — is a violation of the Endangered Species Act of 1978.

There's probably other exceptions -- I just happened to remember this one.

richlevy

02-22-2006 04:40 PM

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Ambergris is found in lumps of various shapes and sizes, weighing from ½ oz (14 g) to 100 or more pounds (45 or more kg).

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Depending on its quality, raw ambergris fetches approximately USD$20 per gram. In the United States, possession of any part of an endangered species — including ambergris that has washed ashore — is a violation of the Endangered Species Act of 1978.

So if a 1KG lump of Ambergris washes ashore, who gets to keep the $20,000?

CharlieG

02-22-2006 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I think that would be jetsam of which you speak. Flotsam being the same stuff which has yet to make it to shore. jetsam<––jetson<––jettison.

It's JETSOM if you THROW it overboard (jettison it), but I'm not sure what it's called if it falls

xoxoxoBruce

02-22-2006 05:25 PM

Oopsie. ;)

footfootfoot

02-23-2006 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CharlieG

It's JETSOM if you THROW it overboard (jettison it), but I'm not sure what it's called if it falls

You're right. If it falls, I guess you can call it an insurance claim ;)

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