日本寿司连锁店老板木村清声称，他在2012年前后赴索马里海域，通过提供渔船、教授捕捞技术和承诺以稳定价格收购黄鳍金枪鱼，将参与海盗活动的当地渔民转变为渔民。1木村清为此提供了四艘渔船。1
索马里海盗活动曾构成严重威胁。2011年，海盗袭击了237艘船舶；12009年美国集装箱船马士基阿拉巴马号遭劫持，船长理查德·菲利普斯被俘。1到2015年，索马里成功劫持船只的活动完全停止。1木村宣称自己的渔业项目是海盗活动衰退的因素之一。然而，国际海事局对衰退原因的评估有所不同，该机构指出海盗活动下降主要源于"国际海军、船舶加固、航运业最佳管理实践、私营武装安全队伍和索马里中央政府的稳定影响"。1
2026年1月，木村清以5.1亿日元（约320万美元）购得一条蓝鳍金枪鱼。1
Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of a renowned Japanese sushi chain, has attributed a significant decline in Somali piracy to his fishing development initiative in the Horn of Africa. Beginning around 2012, Kimura traveled to Somali waters and provided four fishing vessels to local fishermen, offering them training in catch techniques and guaranteeing stable prices for yellowfin tuna purchases 1. His intervention came during a period when piracy in the region posed severe maritime threats—in 2011 alone, Somali pirates attacked 237 vessels, following earlier incidents such as the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama, during which captain Richard Phillips was taken hostage 1.
By 2015, successful maritime hijackings off Somalia had ceased entirely 1. Kimura has positioned his fishery program as a contributing factor to this turnaround, arguing that providing legitimate economic opportunities redirected former pirates toward sustainable fishing. However, the International Maritime Bureau attributes the sharp decline in piracy to a broader combination of factors, stating that the reduction resulted from "international naval presence, ship hardening, best management practices by the shipping industry, private armed security personnel, and the stabilization of Somalia's central government" 1. Kimura's prominence in Japan's seafood industry was further demonstrated in January 2026, when he purchased a bluefin tuna for 510 million yen, approximately $3.2 million 1.
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