Section 1. (General)

A. To promote scientific and educational endeavors in any of the marine sciences or marine histories with the goal of obtaining knowledge for the ultimate benefit to mankind.

Section 2. (Specific)

A. To conduct programs in conjunction with educational institutions that will enable students to further their knowledge of the marine sciences; while accomplishing basic research in an effort to learn methods of increasing reproduction, population, and growth of local marine organisms.

B. To cooperate with local and national agencies in their quest for knowledge of the marine sciences and marine histories.

C. To provide aquaria facilities for the interested visitor to view marine specimens and partake as spectation in the continuous drama of life under the sea and to establish a museum facility to house artifacts and displays relating to marine archaeology and the various marine sciences and other marine histories.

D. To operate aquaria and other museum facilities; to conduct exhibitions and charge fees for services and admissions in connection with its operations.

E. To unite all those who are interested in the marine sciences as a means of promoting the study and preservation of the archaeological remains laying underwater and to encourage and foster a constructive public attitude towards those remains.

F. To encourage and participate in the scientific investigation, study, interpretation, and display of archaeological remains underwater and in the publication and distribution of the results thereof.

G. To promote the conservation and display of archaeological sites and material underwater that are or may be threatened by destruction.

H. To promote the formation and maintaining of underwater parks and museums (within and outside the control of the Sea Research Society).

I. To discourage the careless, unrecorded removal of archaeological remains underwater and to exercise all possible efforts to prevent vandalizing, trespassing, looting, and other wanton destruction of archaeological sites underwater and the manufacture and sale of fraudulent antiquities.

J. To award honorary degrees to individuals for outstanding service and contributions in and to the educational, literary, or research aspects of any of the marine sciences, including but not limited to marine archaeology.

K. To teach diving, marine archaeology, and other marine related sciences or histories and issue certification and/or degrees in recognition of ability and/or achievement in same.

L. To establish, maintain, and administer a scholarship and research fund to aid: students entering any of the marine related sciences or histories; or individuals or organizations doing research in any of the marine sciences or histories.

M. To organize research, exploration, and salvage expeditions and to charge fees , and to market certain salvaged artifacts which are not needed for display or study purposes to cover the cost of the planning, organization, and direction of the expeditions.

N. To organize periodic conventions and/or conferences to pursue all of the above and below stated purposes of Sea Research Society.

O. To approach all activities in an archaeologically and scientifically responsible manner, yet still remember that the goal of any successful company is to make a profit for its investors.