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There are new aquatic vistas for sociology in the unsurveyed lives of mariners, fishermen, and skindivers. Why do some societies send their people down to the sea while others do not? Why are some cultures content to fish, while others range afar for commerce and conquest? If marine agriculture is to counter the population explosion, what social skills and forces will bring it about? Clark Cameron, a long-time sailor and student of the Far East, is with Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton. He has organized a new Institute for International Marine Research which, hopefully, will lead to some of the consequences outlined in this futuristic article.