[Bloody Sam Roberts]

“There is currently no way to stop the unrelenting shellfish and scientists are racing to excavate as many of the ships as possible before they are consumed.”

Sounds like a BS premise in order to get gubmint grant money flowing to a group of needy "scientists".

[cotton1706]

“Sounds like a BS premise in order to get gubmint grant money flowing to a group of needy “scientists”.”

That’s exactly what it is. There is no REAL need to excavate ships that have sunk.