r/interesting • u/angel_knight79 • 1d ago

Intriguing Kiyoshi Kimura and his effect on Somali piracy

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He was, and is, the owner of Kiyomura Corporation, which runs the Sushi Zanmai chain across Japan. In Tokyo he is known as the Tuna King, because every January he buys the most expensive fish at the first auction of the year at the central market.

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u/OrgasmicTrilobite 1d ago

Chinas megafleets fish EVERYWHERE. Theyll have a thousand small boats all supplying a mother ship in the middle/ their impact on global fisheries is staggering

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u/DreadlockWalrus 21h ago

They also actively fish in prohibited waters by turning off their trackers.

It's truly sickening.

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u/french_snail 1d ago

Notice how I didn’t mention them in comparison to other countries 

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u/OrgasmicTrilobite 23h ago

China has massive fishing fleets all around Africa. As part of their “belt and road” strategy they’ve even purchased multiple African ports

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u/throwaway586054 23h ago

Chinese vessels go all the way to South America but can't fish closer? People reasoning are beyond hope

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u/OrgasmicTrilobite 21h ago

They have mostly exhausted their own local waters and they are the single largest consumer of seafood on the planet. They have a massive demand to fill. The thing that really sucks is along with their “legal” fleet fishing in international waters, they have “ghost fleets” which turn off their tracking (basically maritime transponders) and enter and fish in marine sanctuary zones, like the Galápagos Islands.

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u/DearthStanding 19h ago

Seems like you are the one who needs to introspect because you made your mind up well before you even knew what was up. the Chinese and Japanese have sent ships in the Indian Ocean. it's not even just the Chinese, they just do it on a much much larger sale. both nations have overfished their local area.

hell even in the Indian Ocean that is the case, most fishermen from places like India and Maldives and such are local small guys. It is not a large industrial operation like those two countries mentioned before. these days you don't even get large tuna in the Indian Ocean. these fleets are overfishing even here in fact. Japan and China have extensive aquaculture and even then they can't meet their demand

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u/rulingthewake243 17h ago

They have ravaged natural resources around them, have to go farther.

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u/Future_Nature589 18h ago

Maybe they saw them close on the map (wrapping around) and forgot the entire pacific ocean is in the way

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u/Lucky_Method_3910 19h ago

Notice how they didn't claim which countries were fishing there either? 

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u/FairleySwordfish 20h ago

A thousand small boats supplying a mothership? Be for real with pal

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u/BroManTheBrobarian 20h ago

I’ve played enough video games to know that said fishing practice is actually a fact. I also know that China is a fire type, so water and the “AC-130 Above” attack are their two main weakness.

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u/OrgasmicTrilobite 20h ago

Ok, hundreds, whatever, but it’s actually happening

https://youtu.be/2tuS1LLOcsI?si=FpAANszU_Cyrz8ie

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u/Mobile_Morale 18h ago

Lmao. You clearly don't know shit about fishing. They have giant ships where they process the fish. Gutting, cutting. All of it. Has like hundreds of people working in production lines. Small ships bring in their catches to be processed and they go back fishing.

Watch a modern marvel episode about this 20 years ago.

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u/FairleySwordfish 18h ago

Bro. THOUSANDS OF BOATS?!!!! Be fucking for real

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u/Mobile_Morale 10h ago

1 billions people in china. And 1000 boats is hard for you to believe.

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u/FairleySwordfish 18h ago

You clearly can’t read for shit. I didn’t question that. I questioned the concept of 1,000 boats supplying it. Which is a ludicrous claim

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u/Mobile_Morale 10h ago

A country with a billion people and it's impossible for them to have 1000 fishing boats.

Lmao you can't even math bro