Mike, Of course there are pirates in all the areas you mentioned. They go by other names - boat yards, marine supply stores, marine insurance companies and others.........
By the way, what the heck, what's wrong with a 460 Weatherby Magnum? No one has mentioned it yet. A couple of well placed shots at the waterline...presto boat gone, pirates feed fish, fish help rebuild the coral, more fish return and the former fishermen turned pirates return to fishing thereby ending the problem. (Thinking like this has not gotten me very far).
Walt