Along the Shores of Time—
International Marine Researchers Gather to Discuss Maritime History

Kaarina Merikaarto

Maritime history researchers will gather in Sausalito, CA March 31 to April 3, 1999, to discuss methods to improve preservation of submerged maritime historical sites, recovered artifacts and shipwrecks in the Pacific Rim region. Maritime archaeologists, historians, curators, private researchers, academic faculty and representatives from British Columbia, United States Western States, Pacific Islands governments and Federated States of Micronesia will participate.

Conference agenda will include sessions on public recreation of coastal and inland waters, cultural resources identification and protection, Native American maritime histories, and the recent  Federal Court decision regarding the Brother Jonathan, a steamship lost in 1865 near Crescent City, CA.   This decision will have significant implications on the national terms within the Abandoned Shipwrecks Act and the NPS stewardship role for our state owned shipwrecks.

The Conference is sponsored by the National Park Service and the Bay Model Association.   For more information about the conference contact Roger Kelly, National Park Service, at (415) 427-1400 or Gary Franklin, San Francisco Bay Model Association, at (415) 332-1851