No ka laʻana, ua hōʻike ʻo Ole i ka NOAA ma ka US Delegation i nā hui UNESCO ma lalo o ka wai moʻomeheu, Word Heritage, ka 1st World Congress on Maritime Heritage and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Committee nā hālāwai e pili ana i ka Governance of Large Marine Ecosystems. I ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kuleana nui ma ke kūkākūkā multi-lateral o ka International Agreement on Titanic, hoʻokō i nā alakaʻi, a me nā kānāwai. ʻO Ole hoʻi ka loio alakaʻi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kekahi mau Marine Protected Areas e pale ana i ka hoʻoilina kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Florida Keys, Stellwagen Bank, a me Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuaries me nā hihia he nui e pale ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kānāwai kaiapuni/hoʻoilina e kūʻē i nā pilikia ma lalo o ke kānāwai. o ka hoopakele ana.
ʻO Ole ka loio NOAA alakaʻi i ka hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i ka USS Monitor, a me nā moku moku i nā Florida Keys a me Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries. Loaʻa iā Ole nā paʻi kānāwai e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou hoʻoilina moʻomeheu a kūlohelohe. No ka laʻana, aia kāna Underwater Cultural Heritage Law Study ma ka pūnaewele UNESCO a hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea kuhikuhi i loko o nā aupuni a me nā kula. He hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo o kēlā haʻawina, "Ka pani ʻana i nā Gaps i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu ma lalo o ka wai ma ka ʻaoʻao o waho o ka ʻāina " i paʻi ʻia ma Vol. 33:2 o ka Stanford Environmental Law Journal 251 (Malaki 2014). Me ka loea loio ʻo Prof. Mariano Aznar-Gómez, ua paʻi ʻo Ole "The Titanic as Underwater Cultural Heritage: Challenges to its Legal International Protection," ma Vol 44 o ka Ocean Development & International Law 96-112; Ua kākau ʻo Ole i ka mokuna ma US Law on UCH ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kānāwai hoʻohālikelike i kapa ʻia e ka loea loio, ʻo Kauka Sarah Dromgoole i kapa ʻia: The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: National Perspectives in Light of the UNESCO Convention 2001(Martinus Nijhoff, 2006) . Ua hāʻawi ʻo Ole i ka palapala UNESCO: Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk me kahi ʻatikala ma RMS Titanic NESCO/ICOMOS, 2006).
He mea kākau pū ʻo Ole me ka Lunakanawai mua o Sherry Hutt, a me ka loio Caroline Blanco ma ka Buke: Heritage Resources Law: Protecting the Archaeological and Cultural Environment (Wiley, 1999). No nā ʻatikala hou aʻe e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu, kūlohelohe a me ka World Heritage e ʻike i ka papa inoa o nā mea paʻi i loaʻa ma https://www.gc.noaa.gov/gcil_varmer_bio.html. ʻO Ole ka loio alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻāpana kānāwai i ka NOAA Risk Assessment for Potentially Polluting Wrecks in US Waters, kahi hōʻike iā USCG (Mei, 2013). ʻO ia i kēia manawa he Senior Fellow ma The Ocean Foundation e kōkua ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana o UCH i loko o ka hana a me ka misionari o kēlā hui waiwai ʻole.
