Sama da Ƙungiyoyi 100 Suna adawa da HR 3133

Janairu 9, 2018 

Ya kai memba na kwamitin albarkatun kasa na majalisar:

Muna roƙon ku da ku jefa kuri'a "a'a" akan HR 3133, lissafin da zai raunana Dokar Kariya na Mammal (MMPA), sadaukarwar al'ummarmu don kiyaye duk dabbobin ruwa: whales, dolphins, likes, zakoki, walruses, teku otters, polar bears, da manatees.

Sakamakon ƙararrawar Amirkawa game da raguwar yawan dabbobi masu shayarwa a cikin teku, Majalisa ta zartar da MMPA tare da goyon bayan jam'iyyun biyu, kuma Shugaba Richard Nixon ya sanya hannu a kan doka a cikin Oktoba 1972. Dokar ta kare kowane nau'i na dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa da yawansu, kuma ta shafi dukan mutane. da jiragen ruwa a cikin ruwan Amurka, da kuma 'yan kasar Amurka da jiragen ruwa masu dauke da tutar Amurka a kan manyan tekuna. Kamar yadda ɗan adam ke amfani da teku - jigilar kaya, kamun kifi, haɓaka makamashi, tsaro, hakar ma'adinai da yawon buɗe ido-faɗawa, buƙatar hanawa da rage illolin cutarwa ga dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa ya ma fi girma a yanzu fiye da lokacin da aka kafa MMPA shekaru 45 da suka gabata.

Dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa suna da mahimmanci ga lafiyar teku, kuma har yanzu muna da abubuwa da yawa da za mu koya game da ayyukansu tunda yanayin rayuwa a cikin teku yana da ƙalubale don yin karatu fiye da waɗanda ke ƙasa. Misali, manyan whales-waɗanda suka haɗa da dabbobi mafi girma a tarihin rayuwa a duniya-suna motsa abubuwan gina jiki ta cikin tekun a tsaye da a kwance a cikin manyan nisa, suna tallafawa yawancin nau'ikan rayuwar ruwa.

Har ila yau, dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa suna amfana da tattalin arzikin Amurka sosai. Ta hanyar kiyaye ciyawar teku masu cin ciyawa da kuma ba da damar dazuzzukan kelp su girma da kuma kama carbon dioxide, masu fafutuka na tekun California suna inganta wurin zama don nau'ikan kifin kasuwanci, suna kare bakin tekun daga zaizawar ruwa ta hanyar rage girman raƙuman teku, da jawo masu yawon buɗe ido tare da su. m antics. Kasuwancin kallon Whale sun bunƙasa a kowane yanki na bakin teku a Amurka, tare da fiye da 450 kasuwancin kallon whale, masu kallon whale miliyan 5, da kuma jimlar kudaden shiga na kusan dala biliyan 1 a cikin yawon shakatawa na bakin teku a cikin 2008 (shekarar da ta gabata wadda ta sami cikakkun alkaluma. suna samuwa). A halin yanzu, manatees zana baƙi zuwa Florida, musamman a cikin hunturu lokacin da manatees suka taru a wuraren da ke kusa da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa.

Babu dabbar dabbar ruwa da aka samu a cikin ruwan Amurka da ta mutu a cikin shekaru 45 tun lokacin da MMPA ta zama doka, ko da yake ayyukan ɗan adam a cikin teku sun ƙaru sosai. Bugu da ƙari, dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa suna yin kyau a cikin ruwan Amurka, tare da ƙananan nau'o'in da ke cikin hadarin bacewa a nan fiye da ruwa a wajen Amurka. Yawancin nau'ikan da suka ƙi zuwa ƙananan matakan haɗari sun sami ci gaba mai mahimmanci wajen maido da su 

yawan jama'a da ke ƙarƙashin kariyar MMPA, ciki har da tashar jiragen ruwa a cikin Tekun Atlantika da hatimin giwaye a Gabashin Yamma. Waɗannan nau'ikan suna haɓaka godiya ga MMPA, don haka guje wa buƙatar kariya a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kayayyakin Kaya (ESA). Yawan jama'a biyu na whale na humpback da ke ciyarwa a Amurka, da kuma gabashin Arewacin Pacific gy whales da kuma gabashin mazaunan tekun Steller, sun inganta sosai tare da ƙarin taimako na ESA. 
Duk da waɗannan nasarorin, MMPA yanzu tana fuskantar mummunan hari. HR 3133 na neman haɓaka aikin haƙon mai da iskar gas da ake ta cece-kuce a cikin teku, da kuma sauran ayyukan masana'antu a cikin teku, ta hanyar soke kariyar da ke cikin tsakiyar MMPA. Kudirin zai yi matukar raunana ka'idojin shari'a don ba da izini na cin zarafi (IHAs), hana masana kimiyyar hukumar buƙatar kusan kowane nau'in ragewa, da ƙayyadaddun sa ido kan tasirin dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa, da kuma sanya tsarin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun izini da izini na atomatik wanda zai sanya shi da wahala, idan ba zai yiwu ba, ga masana kimiyya su samar da duk wani nazari mai ma'ana na ayyuka masu illa. Mummunan sakamakon waɗannan canje-canje na kiyaye dabbobin ruwa zai yi zurfi.

Abubuwan da HR 3133 za su lalata suna da mahimmanci don kiyayewa a ƙarƙashin MMPA. Cin zarafi daga ayyukan masana'antu na iya lalata halaye masu mahimmanci-kamar abinci, kiwo, da reno-wanda dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa suka dogara don tsira da haifuwa. MMPA tana tabbatar da cewa an daidaita tasirin waɗannan ayyukan yadda yakamata kuma an rage su. Don raunana waɗannan muhimman tanade-tanade na binciken mai da iskar gas da sauran ayyuka, kamar yadda HR 3133 ya yi niyya, zai sa dabbobi masu shayarwa a cikin ruwa na Amurka cutarwa mara amfani da kuma sa ya zama mafi kusantar cewa al'ummarsu za su kasance cikin barazana ko kuma cikin haɗari a nan gaba.

Duk da yake babu wani nau'in dabbobi masu shayarwa na Amurka da ya bace, kuma wasu sun murmure, wasu suna fuskantar matsananciyar matsala don rayuwarsu, ciki har da whale na Bryde a cikin Tekun Mexico, killayen kisa na ƙarya a cikin Hawaii da Yammacin Arewacin Atlantika, Cuvier's beaked whales a cikin tekun. arewacin Pacific, da kuma yankin Pribilof Island/East Pacific stock na hatimin gashin arewa. Da yawa daga cikin wadannan dabbobin na cikin hadarin mutuwa sakamakon karon jirgin ruwa ko kuma cudanya da kayan kamun kifi, kuma dukkansu suna fuskantar illar matsananciyar damuwa da suka hada da hayaniyar teku da gurbatar yanayi, wadanda ke dakushe karfinsu na ci gaba da haifuwa.

A ƙarshe, muna neman goyon bayan ku ga wannan dokar kiyaye bedrock, da kuma ku "a'a" a kan HR 3133 a cikin majalisar wakilai na albarkatun ƙasa gobe. 

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Kasuwanci da kungiyoyi 108 da ba a sanya hannu ba 

1. Oceana 
2. Acoustic Ecology Institute 
3. Mai tsaron kogin Altamaha 
4. American Cetacean Society 
5. American Cetacean Society Oregon Chapter 
6. Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Amirka 
7. Cibiyar Jin Dadin Dabbobi 
8. Mafi kyawun sabis na Pool 
9. Blue Frontier 
10.Blue Sphere Foundation 
11.BlueVoice.org 
12.Cibiyar Ruwa Mai Dorewa 
13.Cibiyar Rarraba Halittu 
14.Cibiyar Binciken Whale 
15. Cetacean Society International 
16.Chukchi Sea Watch 
17.Yakin Neman Muhalli 
18.Clean Water Action 
19.Climate Law & Policy Project 
20.Coffee Party Savannah 
21.Conservation Law Foundation 
22.Debris Free Teku 
23.Masu Kare Namun Daji 
24.Dogwood Alliance 
25.Earth Action, Inc. 
26. Cibiyar Shari'a ta Duniya 
27.Adalcin Duniya 
28.Eco baiwar Allah 
29.EcoStrings 
30.Kungiyar Haɗin Kan Nauyin Haɗari 
31. Environmental Caucus, California Democratic Party 
32.Asusun Kare Muhalli 
33.Neman 52 LLC 
34.Zauren Abinci da Noma 
35.Friends of the Sea Otter 
36. Gotham Whale 
37.Greenpeace Amurka 
38.Group na Gabas Karshen 
39.Gulf Restoration Network 
40.Hackensack Riverkeeper 
41.Hannu A Ketare Yashi / Kasa 
42.Magada Tekunmu 
43. Hip Hop Caucus 
44.Humane Society Legislative Fund 
45. Fallbrook Mai Rarrabu 
46.Inland Ocean Coalition & Colorado Ocean Coalition 
47.Inland Ocean Coalition / Colorado Ocean Coalition 
48.Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University 
49.Asusun Kula da Dabbobi na Duniya 
50.International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute 
51.Kingfisher Eastsound Studio 
52.League of Conservation Voters 
53.LegaSeas 
54.Marine Conservation Institute 
55.Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket 
56.Marine Watch International 
57.Mission Blue 
58.Mize Family Foundation 
59. Mystic Aquarium 
60. Kungiyar Audubon ta kasa 
61.National Parks Conservation Association 
62. Majalisar Tsaron Albarkatun Kasa 
63.Dabi’ar Fata 
64.New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance 
65.NY/NJ Baykeeper 
66.Bincike na kiyaye teku 
67.Unguwar kiyaye teku 
68.Mila dari daya 
69.Ƙari Daya 
70.Orange County Coastkeeper/ Mai kiyaye ruwa daular cikin gida 
71. Orca Conservancy 
72.Bankunan waje don Binciken Dolphin 
73.Pacific Environment 
74.Pacific Marine Mammal Center 
75.PAX Kimiyya 
76.Power Shift Network 
77.Maganin Jama'a 
78. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance 
79. Teku Mai Farfaɗo 
80.Masu Jiragen Ruwa don Teku 
81. San Diego Hydro 
82.San Fernando Valley Audubon Society 
83. SandyHook SeaLife Foundation (SSF) 
84.Ajiye Tekunmu 
85.Ajiye Bay 
86.Ajiye Manatee Club 
87.Ajiye Whales da Tekuna 
88.Seattle Aquarium 
89.Ma'aikatan Shark 
90.Club din Sierra 
91. Kungiyar Sierra Club National Marine Team 
92.Sonoma Coast Surfrider 
93.South Carolina Coastal Conservation League 
94.Cibiyar Dokar Muhalli ta Kudu 
95. Surfrider Foundation 
96.Sylvia Earle Alliance / Ofishin Jakadancin Blue 
97. Aikin Dolphin 
98.Hukumar Humane ta Amurka 
99. The Ocean Foundation 
100. Kamfanin Bidiyo na Whale 
101. Al'ummar Daji 
102. Vision Power, LLC. 
103. Majalisar Muhalli ta Washington 
104. Makonni Nasiha 
105. Kiyaye Whale da Dolphin 
106. Whale Scout 
107. Aikin Dolphin daji 
108. Kariyar Dabbobin Duniya (Amurka)