Joe Rogan alleges toxic dumping and overfishing helped drive Somali piracy

What was said

""So, Somalians became pirates because they were fishermen. And they were all just fishermen. They were just peaceful fishermen living in Somalia. And these uh different countries were dumping toxic waste off their shore and it was killing all the fish.""

Joe Rogan alleges Somali piracy began after foreign dumping and depleted fish stocks ruined local fishermen’s livelihoods. He claims this led first to ransoms targeting alleged polluters and later to kidnappings for profit, without offering evidence in the clip.