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Inventory (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory | Our inventory consisted of the following:
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Recovered cargo |  | $ | 5,553,773 |  |  | $ | 5,681,264 |
Packaging |  |  | 64,681 |  |  |  | 70,560 |
Merchandise |  |  | 402,850 |  |  |  | 405,467 |
Merchandise reserve |  |  | (371,332 | ) |  |  | (371,332 | )
Total inventory |  | $ | 5,649,972 |  |  | $ | 5,785,959 |

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