A contact of mine, David Bakewell, is now doing pelagic trips off the coast of Penang, West Malaysia on one of the local fishing boats. (He may be known to some of the older bird watchers here - he used to live in Hong Kong)
Here's an account of his latest trip and how he is educating the fishermen not to catch the Short-tailed Shearwaters which turn up in the waters between Penang and Sumatra in spring, just like they do here.
http://digdeep1962.blogspot.com/2011/04/27th-april-2011-at-sea-off-tanjung.html
Has anyone ever thought of going out on a fishing boat from Hong Kong? Brendan and I were discussing the possibility a few days ago.
