Education and training in marine-related occupations

Abstract

Education is an important force in bringing about social change, as witness the effect of the Land Grant College on the fural population in the U.S. The economic, social, and political importance of the oceans is growing for all coastal nations, developing as well as developed. The recent establishment of Sea Grant Colleges in too U.S. is an important factor in the educatian and research necessary for the development and wise management of the oceans and their resources. Some parts of the sea grant program may be applicable outside the U.S.