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THE US marine exploration company which has located a British wartime shipwreck with 150 million worth of silver in the Atlantic has also been surveying southwest Irish waters where there are a number of commodity wrecks The Naval Service has confirmed that it notified the companys research ship Odyssey Explorer some weeks ago that it should notify the Irish authorities of its activities It said the Naval Service came across the vessel surveying some 25 miles west of the Blasket islands in Co Kerry on August 2nd Under international law a ship undertaking scientific research should inform the relevant state and should be licensed to tow a sidescan sonar in territorial waters