* To locate and identify the submerged cultural resources of
Rhode Island waters. Cultural resources
may include shipwrecks, debris fields, submerged man-made structures and innundated
terrestrial sites.
* To study the submerged cultural resources of Rhode Island waters in a manner consistent with appropriate underwater archaeology practices.
* To determine those submerged cultural resources that are historically important.
* To develop programs by which the historically important submerged cultural
resources may be protected from damage.
* To develop programs by which the submerged cultural resources of Rhode Island
may be shared with the diving and non-diving public in a non-destructive manner.
* To participate in similiar projects outside the state which share RIMAP'S
objectives.