Bob's Fact of the Day

Tuna Pirates


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In 2013, the CEO of Japanese sushi chain Sushi Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura, was awarded a medal by the government of Djibouti for majorly contributing to a drop in piracy off the Somalian coast. He found out that most pirates only became pirates because they had lost their homes due to civil war, and they needed to find a way to make a living. So, Kimura suggested to the pirates that they should catch some tunas in the same ocean where they were attacking vessels, and make money that way. Kimura went out of his way to provide ships and skills required for tuna fishing.
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Bob's Fact of the DayBy Bob Bedard