American Salvage Association

The American Salvage Association was originally founded as an association of professional salvors in order to provide an identity and assist in professionalizing the United States marine salvage and firefighting response capability. By doing so, the ASA helped to improve marine casualty response in North American coastal and inland waters. Since then, the ASA has expanded its reach and strives to ensure open communication and cooperation with regulatory authorities that result in prompt, effective response, meeting regularly with various federal and state agencies to exchange views on the improvement of salvage and firefighting response throughout North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean Sea. The ASA educates government, industry and the general public about the role of the marine salvor in protecting life, the environment, and property from the consequences of maritime transportation incidents and natural disasters.