Hu Nien-tsu, executive director of the Center for Marine Policy Studies at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), says that the recovery of artifacts and wrecks from the seafloor often gives rise to sovereignty disputes, and that Taiwan therefore must first establish a legal framework for conducting its underwater archaeology.
對此，中山大學海洋政策研究中心執行長胡念祖表示，海底古物與沉船的打撈，往往涉及國家主權的爭議，因此我國從事水下考古，必須要有法律的依據。