If the people who are responsible for these abandoned and derelict vessels were actually paying for their crime, could you generate an economic opportunity?
Does it necessarily have to be funded by the federal government? Shouldn't the people who own these vessels and their insurance companies and whatnot...?
It looks like there could be a perfect industry here that is basically private sector-funded for your nation to get the job done and get it cleaned up, if the people who are responsible were held to account.
What do you think of that?