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Alistair McIlgorm

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Professor of Marine Economics, University of Wollongong

Fishing is a vital part of Australia’s coastal towns. Marcia Phillip

October 19, 2016

Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia’s coastal towns

Michelle Voyer, University of Wollongong; Alistair McIlgorm, University of Wollongong, and Kate Barclay, University of Technology Sydney

Many of the iconic coastal villages of Australia have a close association with professional fishing.

Expect to see more ships on the horizon, as global shipping booms. But how well are we measuring and governing what happens at sea? Chris Phutully/Flickr

August 18, 2015

The challenge of managing Earth’s new economic frontier: our oceans

Alistair McIlgorm, University of Wollongong

As the world’s land-based economies struggle with around 2% GDP growth, the global marine economy – often talked about as “the blue economy” – is a bright light on the horizon.

The oceans are filled with garbage. Who’s in charge of the cleanup? cesar harada/Flickr

April 7, 2014

Whose job is it to clear up all the rubbish floating in the oceans?

Alistair McIlgorm, University of Wollongong

I was in the middle of giving a talk on the marine debris problem at a notable Californian marine research institute, when I drank the last of my water bottle, threw it onto the hall floor from the podium…

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