Tashi! Muna magana Whales!

Daga Angel Braestrup, Shugaban Kwamitin Masu Ba da Shawarwari na Gidauniyar Ocean

1 ga Yuni ita ce Ranar Whale. Ranar karrama wadannan kyawawan halittun da ke yawo a dukkan tekunan duniya- wadanda ke da ranar su a ranar 8 ga Yuni.

Yawancin ku kun san cewa whales suna taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin tekuna-sun kasance wani ɓangare na hadadden gidan yanar gizon da ke samar da tsarin tallafin rayuwa ga duniyarmu. A cikin duniyar da ke da maɓuɓɓugar furotin iri-iri ga yawancin mutane, ci gaba da farautar kifin kifaye da alama, kamar yadda yarana za su ce, haka karnin da ya gabata. The "Ajiye Whales" taken ya mamaye shekarun samartaka kuma dogon yakin ya gamu da nasara. Hukumar Kiwon Kiwon Lafiya ta Duniya ta haramta kifin kifin kasuwanci a shekara ta 1982— nasara da dubban mutane suka yi a duniya. Wadanda suka dogara da whale-masu farauta-mafarauta ne kawai aka ba su kariya kuma suna kasancewa a yau-muddin ba a fitar da nama da sauran kayayyakin waje ko sayarwa ba. Kamar yawancin matakai masu kyau na ci gaba a cikin kiyayewa, ta ɗauki haɗin gwiwar ƙwararrun masana kimiyya, masu fafutuka, da sauran masu son kifin kifi don yaƙar ƙoƙarin ɗaga dakatarwar a taron IWC kowace shekara.

Don haka, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa an gamu da sanarwar da Iceland ta yi cewa za ta dawo da kifin kifin kasuwanci a wannan shekara boren. Irin wannan zanga-zangar ta gana da shugaban Iceland a Portland, Maine, a makon da ya gabata da fatan Iceland za ta sake yin la'akari da shawarar da ta yanke.

A matsayina na shugaban kwamitin masu ba da shawara na gidauniyar Ocean, na sami damar saduwa da wasu ƙwararrun masana kimiyyar whale da sauran masu fafutuka a duniya. Wani lokaci har nakan fita kan ruwa in gansu, kamar dubban mutane da suke kallo cikin tsoro.

Lokacin da masanan kimiyyar ruwa suka taru don yin magana game da dabbobi, yana ɗaukar minti ɗaya don gano yanayin yanayinsu. Bayan haka, ba sa magana game da gabar tekun California, suna magana ne game da Gabashin Pacific da California Bight, wannan yanki mai albarka na teku tsakanin Point Conception da San Diego. Kuma masana kimiyyar whale suna mai da hankali kan wuraren gandun daji da wuraren ciyar da abinci waɗanda ke tallafawa nau'ikan ƙaura da suke bi lokaci-lokaci.

Masu aikin agogon Whale ma suna yi. Kololuwar yanayi na yanayi waɗanda ke taimakawa tabbatar da nasarar tafiya shine gurasa da man shanu. A cikin Glacier Bay, an jefa makirufo sama don sauraron kifin kifi. Humpbacks ba sa raira waƙa a can (sun bar wannan don hunturu a Hawaii) amma suna ci gaba da yin magana. Yin tuƙi a cikin kwale-kwale na shiru yana sauraron kifin kifin da ke ciyar da ku a ƙarƙashin ku abin sihiri ne kuma lokacin da suka keta, guduwar ruwa da fashewar da ke biyo baya suna fitowa daga dutsen dutse.

Bowheads, belugas, humpbacks, da launin toka-An albarkace ni da ganinsu duka. Damar samun su a cikin lokacin da ya dace yana da yawa. Kuna iya ganin shudin whales da 'ya'yansu suna jin dadin zaman lafiya na Loreto National Marine Park a Baja California, Mexico. Ko kuma tabo manyan whales na dama (wanda aka sani da irin wannan saboda sune ainihin whales don kashe) na yammacin Tekun Atlantika - suna gwagwarmaya don tsira a matsayin nau'in. 50 Whales na launin toka, kamar yadda muke so mu ce.

Tabbas, duk wani balaguron kallon whale zai iya zama rana mai kyau a kan ruwa-babu halittun da ke tsallewa daga teku, babu buguwa yayin da yake nutsewa, kawai raƙuman ruwa marasa iyaka da inuwa na lokaci-lokaci wanda ke sa kowa ya yi gaggawar zuwa ɗaya. gefen jirgin a banza.

Wannan, wanda ake tsammani, ba gaskiya ba ne game da orcas na Mashigin San Juan de Fuca, ko fjords na Yarima William Sound, ko iyakokin launin toka da kore na Glacier Bay ko ma arewa maso yammacin Atlantic ba a taɓa ba. Na ji cewa a lokacin da ya dace na shekara, a wurare da yawa na duniya, ƙoramar suna da yawa, ana iya ganin alamunsu na ban mamaki da ƙofofin ƙofofinsu daga ɗaruruwan yadi da nisa—kwas ɗin gida, baƙi masu ziyara da ke wucewa, da balaguro. fakitin kerkeci na mazan da ba su ɗaiɗai da su ba suna bin hanyarsu ta makarantun kifi da hatimi.

An dauki hoton kifayen kifayen kifaye guda biyu masu cin dabbobi masu rahusa "masu wucewa" a gefen kudu na tsibirin Unimak, gabashin tsibirin Aleutian, Alaska. Hoton Robert Pittman, NOAA.

Amma a gare ni, ba baki da fari ba. Ba zan iya gaya muku sau nawa na ji, “Sun kasance a nan duk wata! Ko kuma mai taimako, "Ya kamata ku kasance a nan jiya." Ina tsammanin idan na ziyarci wurin shakatawa, dan uwan ​​Shamu zai kasance yana samun lafiyar kwakwalwa.

Duk da haka, na yi imani da orcas. Dole ne su kasance a wurin idan mutane da yawa sun gan su, daidai? Kuma kamar dukan cetaceans-whales, dolphins, da porpoises-ba dole ba ne mu gan su don yin imani da cewa suna da mahimmanci ga teku mai lafiya kamar makarantun menhaden, raƙuman ruwa, da bakin tekun mangrove- kuma, ba shakka, duk mutanen da suke aiki tuƙuru don samun kyakkyawar makoma ta teku.

Ina fatan kun sami Ranar Whale Mai Farin Ciki, Orcas (duk inda kuke) da gasa ga 'yan'uwanku.