Alexandre,
I understand what and where Andalucia is, but when Odyssey proposed to salvage the Sussex, with permission from its owner, the British Government, and with the blessing of Spain, it was the local government of Andalucia that objected. Andalucia claimed that it had jusrisdiction over wrecks in its waters. It's the age old dispute between State and Federal Government in USA, between Provincial and Federal Government in Canada and between Regional and Federal Governments in other countries. Sometimes these disputes are very dynamic.
Now Andalucia and Spain seem to be aligning themselves and forming an alliance against the recovery of shipwrecks in Andalucian/Spanish waters, propelled by the dispute over the Black Swan/Mercedes wreck. So my question is whether Spain will change its stance to allowing Odyssey to recover the Sussex, even though Odyssey has an agreement with the British Government to do so. If this is the case, then will Spain also alter its stance towards other foreign wrecks in Spanish waters, and will this alter the attitudes of foreign nations like the USA to Spanish wrecks in their waters?
Mariner
I understand what and where Andalucia is, but when Odyssey proposed to salvage the Sussex, with permission from its owner, the British Government, and with the blessing of Spain, it was the local government of Andalucia that objected. Andalucia claimed that it had jusrisdiction over wrecks in its waters. It's the age old dispute between State and Federal Government in USA, between Provincial and Federal Government in Canada and between Regional and Federal Governments in other countries. Sometimes these disputes are very dynamic.
Now Andalucia and Spain seem to be aligning themselves and forming an alliance against the recovery of shipwrecks in Andalucian/Spanish waters, propelled by the dispute over the Black Swan/Mercedes wreck. So my question is whether Spain will change its stance to allowing Odyssey to recover the Sussex, even though Odyssey has an agreement with the British Government to do so. If this is the case, then will Spain also alter its stance towards other foreign wrecks in Spanish waters, and will this alter the attitudes of foreign nations like the USA to Spanish wrecks in their waters?
Mariner