Ya kamata Aleutians su zama Wuri Mai Tsarki na Ruwa na farko na Alaska

WASHINGTON, DC — Tsarin halittun teku na tsibirin Aleutian ya cancanci a nada shi a matsayin Wuri Mai Tsarki na Ruwa na farko na Alaska, bisa ga wani zaɓi na hukuma wanda Ma'aikatan Jama'a don Haƙƙin Muhalli (PEER) da Alaska da dama da ƙungiyoyin kiyaye ruwa na ƙasa suka jagoranta. Ko da yake fiye da rabin ƙasashen Alaska suna samun kariyar tarayya ta dindindin, kusan babu ɗaya daga cikin ruwan tarayya na Alaska da ya sami matsayin kariya.

Tsarin halittun teku na Aleutians yana daya daga cikin mafi mahimmancin yanayin muhalli a duniya, yana tallafawa mafi yawan yawan dabbobi masu shayarwa ruwa, tsuntsayen teku, kifi da kifi a cikin al'umma kuma ɗayan mafi girma a ko'ina cikin duniya. Amma duk da haka, ruwan Aleutian yana fuskantar barazana mai girma da girma daga kifayen kifaye, haɓaka mai da iskar gas da haɓaka jigilar kayayyaki tare da ƙarancin kariya. Wadannan barazanar kuma, suna daɗa ta'azzara saboda haɓakar tasirin sauyin yanayi, gami da hauhawar matakin teku da ƙarancin acid ɗin teku.

Richard Steiner, memba na Kwamitin Gudanarwa na PEER kuma farfesa na Jami'ar Alaska mai ritaya ya ce "Aleutians suna daya daga cikin mafi kyawun yanayin yanayin ruwa da kuma samar da albarkatu a duniya amma sun kasance sun ragu shekaru da yawa, kuma suna bukatar kulawar gaggawa." na kiyaye marine. "Idan gwamnatin Obama ta kasance da gaske game da daukar manyan matakai masu karfin gwiwa don kiyaye tekunan mu, wannan shine wurin kuma wannan shine lokacin. Wurin mafakar ruwa na Aleutians na ƙasa zai kawo haɗaɗɗen matakan, dindindin da ingantattun matakai don dakatar da ci gaba da tabarbarewar da kuma fara dawo da wannan yanayin yanayin teku na ban mamaki."

Wuri Mai Tsarki da aka tsara zai ƙunshi dukkan ruwan tarayya da ke kan dukan tsibiran Aleutian (daga mil 3 zuwa 200 nautical mil arewa da kudu na tsibiran) zuwa babban yankin Alaska, gami da ruwan tarayya daga tsibirin Pribilof da Bristol Bay, yanki mai kusan murabba'in 554,000. kilomita na ruwa, yana mai da shi yanki mafi girma na kariyar ruwa a cikin al'umma, kuma daya daga cikin mafi girma a duniya.

A farkon wannan shekara, gwamnatin Obama ta nuna sha'awarta na nishadantarwa nadin sabbin matsugunan ruwa na kasa daga jama'a. Yayin da tsarin nadawa na ƙarshe a matsayin wuri mai tsarki na ruwa yana ɗaukar watanni, nadin na iya saita matakin naɗawa cikin sauri a matsayin abin tunawa na ƙasa da Shugaba Obama ya yi a ƙarƙashin Dokar Antiquities. A wannan Satumba, ya yi amfani da wannan ikon zartarwa don faɗaɗa babban abin tunawa na tekun Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (wanda shugaba GW Bush ya fara kafa) zuwa murabba'in murabba'in 370,000 na ruwa, ta haka ne ya samar da ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren kariya na ruwa a duniya. 

A makon da ya gabata ne shugaba Obama ya tsawaita janyewar yankin Bristol Bay daga bada hayar mai a teku, amma hakan ya sa an bude taron majalisar ko kuma wata gwamnati mai zuwa za ta iya sake bude yankin. Wannan sunan Wuri Mai Tsarki zai hana irin wannan aikin musamman.

Tsarin Tsare-tsare na Ruwa na Ƙasa na yanzu shine hanyar sadarwa na wuraren kariya na ruwa 14 da ke rufe fiye da murabba'in mil 170,000 daga Maɓallan Florida zuwa Samoa na Amurka, gami da Thunder Bay akan tafkin Huron. Babu Wuri Mai Tsarki na Marine Marine a cikin ruwan Alaska. Aleutians za su kasance na farko.

“Idan Midwest ita ce kwandon burodin Amurka, to, Aleutians kwandon kifi ne na Amurka; Dabarun kiyaye ruwa na Amurka ba za su iya yin watsi da Alaska ba, ”in ji Babban Daraktan PEER Jeff Ruch, yana mai lura da cewa rabin gaba dayan gabar tekun kasar da kashi uku cikin hudu na jimillar yankin mu na Alaska ne yayin da Yankin Tattalin Arziki na Musamman na Mile 200 ya fi sau biyu. girman yankin ƙasar Alaska. "Ba tare da tsoma bakin kiyaye kiyaye ƙasa na kusa ba, Aleutians na fuskantar barazanar rugujewar muhalli."

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