FBW column Archives - Baird Maritime

August 16, 2019

COLUMN | The rise of the Southeast Asian coast guards [NAVAL GAZING]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on August 16, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Maritime Security World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

The last 20 years have seen an exponential growth in coast guard services in Southeast Asia. There are a number of factors driving this radical expansion. Most ..

August 14, 2019

COLUMN | Fish auctions: an ancient solution for modern times [Fishing for a Living]

Written by Alan Haig-Brown on August 14, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Fishing & Aquaculture, Fishing Boat World Features, Transport & Processing, Work Boat World Features.

Commercial fishing is an industry rooted in tradition. The Fish Mammas of Ghana are honoured for the generations that they have acted as the rightful middlemen between ..

April 18, 2019

EDITORIAL | The joke that is Indian “justice”: Piracy prevails

Written by Neil Baird on April 18, 2019. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Piracy, Regulation & Enforcement.

Long time readers of this website’s predecessor magazine Fishing Boat World may recall a series of articles in its August and September 2000 issues. They were ..