Exploring the ocean with Raspberry Pi–powered marine robots

CUREE, the Curious Robot for Ecosystem Exploration, is another autonomous underwater vehicle built around the Raspberry Pi 4: https://warp.whoi.edu/curee/

I think it's so cool you could in theory buy a satellite module eg. $250 break out board from spark fun, plug it in and be talking to a robot in the middle of the ocean. I wondered about the legal aspect, can you do that? Just release something into the wild.