We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea … - Jacques Cousteau

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We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about — farming replacing hunting.

Jacques Cousteau

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About Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997), commonly known in English as Jacques Cousteau, was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-Lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.

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