Ua ʻimi ʻia ke Kānāwai Endangered Species Protection no Tuna

No ka hoʻokuʻu koke ʻana, Iune 20, 2016

Hoʻokaʻaʻike: Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, [pale ʻia ka leka uila] 

SAN FRANCISCO— Ua hōʻea ka tuna bluefin i ka Pākīpika i nā pae haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, no laila ua noi aku kahi hui o nā kānaka a me nā hui i kēia lā i ka National Marine Fisheries Service e pale i nā ʻano mea ma lalo o ka Endangered Species Act. Ua emi iho ka heluna kanaka tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika ma mua o 97 pakeneka mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawaiʻa ʻana, ʻo ka hapa nui no ka mea ʻaʻole i hōʻemi nā ʻāina i ka lawaiʻa ʻana i mea e pale ai i nā ʻano hiʻona, kahi mea momona ma nā papa kuhikuhi sushi. 

"Me ke kōkua ʻole, ʻike paha mākou i ka Pacific bluefin tuna hope loa i kūʻai ʻia a nalowale i ka luku ʻia," wahi a Catherine Kilduff o ka Center for Biological Diversity. “Ua hoʻomālamalama mai ka noiʻi hōʻailona hou i nā mea pohihihi o kahi e hānau ai a neʻe ai ka tuna bluefin nani, no laila hiki iā mākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i kēia ʻano mea nui. ʻO ka pale ʻana i kēia iʻa koʻikoʻi ma lalo o ka Endangered Species Act ka manaʻolana hope loa, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka hoʻokele lawaiʻa ke pale aku iā lākou mai ke ala e pau ai.  

ʻO ka poʻe noiʻi e noi ana i ka Fisheries Service e papa inoa i ka Pacific bluefin tuna e pili ana i ka pilikia e komo pū me ka Center for Biological Diversity, The Ocean Foundation, Earthjustice, Center for Food Safety, Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace, Mission Blue, Recirculating Farms Coalition, The Safina Center, SandyHook SeaLife Foundation , Sierra Club, Turtle Island Restoration Network a me WildEarth Guardians, a me Jim Chambers mea kūʻai kai kai hoʻomau.

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"He mea koʻikoʻi kēia hiʻohiʻona nani a me ka hana kiʻekiʻe i ke kaulike kaiaola i loko o ke kai," wahi a Mark Spalding, pelekikena o The Ocean Foundation. “Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe wahi o kēia mau iʻa e peʻe ai mai nā ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe, lōʻihi, a me ka ʻupena nui. ʻAʻole ia he hakakā kūpono, a no laila, e pio ana ka Pacific bluefin tuna."

No ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka heluna kanaka o ka tuna ma lalo o 3 pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka iʻa ʻole ʻia, kokoke i nā tuna bluefin a pau o ka Pākīpika i ʻohi ʻia i kēia lā e hopu ʻia ma mua o ka hana hou ʻana, e waiho ana he kakaikahi e oʻo a hoʻolaha i kēia ʻano. I ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻopuka ka heluna kanaka tuna Bluefin Pākīpika i ka helu lua-haʻahaʻa loa o nā iʻa ʻōpio i ʻike ʻia mai ka makahiki 1952. He liʻiliʻi wale nō nā papa makahiki makua o ka Pacific bluefin tuna, a e nalowale koke kēia ma muli o ka ʻelemakule. Me ka ʻole o nā iʻa ʻōpiopio e oʻo i loko o ke ʻano hoʻopulapula e pani ai i nā poʻe ʻelemakule, he pōʻino ka wā e hiki mai ana no ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula o ka Pākīpika ke ʻole e hana koke ʻia e hoʻopau i kēia emi ʻana.

"ʻO ka hānai ʻana i ka mākeke sushi honua hiki ʻole ke hoʻemi ʻia ka tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika e 97 pakeneka," wahi a Phil Kline, ka mea hoʻolaha moana nui ma Greenpeace. “Me ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka ʻulaʻula o ka Pākīpika, ʻaʻole wale ka papa inoa e pili ana i ka make, ua lōʻihi ka manawa. Pono ka tuna i ka pale a pau e hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi iā lākou.

E hoʻomaka ana i ka Pōʻakahi, Iune 27 ma La Jolla, Calif., e kūkākūkā nā ʻāina i nā hōʻemi i ka wā e hiki mai ana no nā tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika ma ka hālāwai o ka Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Hōʻike nā hōʻailona a pau i ke koho ʻana o ke Komisina e mālama i ke kūlana quo, ʻaʻole lawa ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lawaiʻa nui ʻana, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hāpai i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā pae olakino.

"E noʻonoʻo i kēia: ʻO ka tuna Bluefin a hiki i kahi ʻumi makahiki e oʻo ai a hoʻohua hou, akā nui ka poʻe i hopu ʻia a kūʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻōpio, e hoʻololi ana i ka hoʻonui hou ʻana a me ke ola ʻana o ka ʻano. I nā makahiki he 50 i hala iho nei, ua hiki iā mākou ke pepehi i ka 90 pakeneka o nā tuna a me nā ʻano mea ʻē aʻe, "wahi a Kauka Sylvia Earle, ka National Geographic explorer-in-residence a hoʻokumu i ka Mission Blue. "I ka lawaiʻa ʻia ʻana o kekahi ʻano, neʻe mākou i kahi aʻe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi no ke kai a maikaʻi ʻole no mākou."

"Ma kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi haneli o ka lawaiʻa ʻole ʻia a me ka palena ʻole no ka Pacific bluefin tuna ʻaʻole i lawe wale i ka tuna ponoʻī i ka pau ʻana, akā ua hopena hoʻi i ka helu ʻana o nā mea momona moana, nā manu kuhukukū a me nā manō i hopu ʻia a pepehi ʻia e nā mea lawaiʻa tuna," wahi a ia. ʻO Jane Davenport, loio limahana koʻikoʻi ma Defenders of Wildlife.

“He iʻa hanohano ka tuna ʻulaʻula o ka Pākīpika, he koko pumehana, he ʻeono kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā iʻa nui loa, wikiwiki a nani o nā iʻa a pau o ka honua. Ua pōʻino hoʻi ia, "wahi a Doug Fetterly o ka Sierra Club. “Ma muli o ke kūlana koʻikoʻi me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka heluna kanaka he 97 pakeneka, ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka lawaiʻa ʻana, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole mai ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ua kāhea ka Sierra Club Marine Action Team i ka pale ʻana i kēia ʻano mea koʻikoʻi ma ka helu ʻana iā ia ma ke ʻano he pōʻino. Me ka ʻole o kēia pale ʻana, e hoʻomau ana ka Pacific bluefin tuna i kona hiʻohiʻona i lalo a hiki i ka pau ʻana.

"ʻO ka ʻulaʻula ʻo ka Pākīpika paha ka iʻa i make ʻole i ka honua," wahi a Carl Safina, ka pelekikena hoʻokumu o The Safina Center. "ʻO kā lākou luku ʻino a mālama ʻole ʻia he hewa kūʻē i ke ʻano. ʻOiai ma ka hoʻokele waiwai, he naʻaupō ia.

"ʻO ka hoʻopau kokoke ʻana o ka bluefin Pākīpika he hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o kā mākou ulu ʻole - a i kēia hihia, hopu - kā mākou meaʻai ma ke ʻano hoʻomau," wahi a Adam Keats, he loio koʻikoʻi ma ka Center for Food Safety. "Pono mākou e hoʻololi i ko mākou ala inā makemake mākou e ola. Manaʻolana ʻaʻole i lohi loa no ka bluefin.

"Ke hoʻopau nei ka ʻai ʻana o ke kanaka i ko mākou moana," wahi a Taylor Jones, ke kākoʻo o nā ʻano mea ʻino ma WildEarth Guardians. "Pono mākou e pale i ko mākou ʻono i ka sushi a hana i ka hana e hoʻopakele i nā holoholona hihiu e like me ka tuna bluefin mai ka pau ʻana."

“ʻO ka papa inoa ʻana i ka Pacific Bluefin tuna ma ke ʻano he ʻano pōʻino e hiki ai i nā iʻa ʻōpiopio ke hiki i ke oʻo ʻana, a laila e kōkua ai i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kēia lawaiʻa pau ʻole. ʻO ka luʻi nui aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka lawaiʻa ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia a me ke kānāwai ʻole i nā kai o ka honua, kahi pilikia e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, "wahi a Mary M. Hamilton o SandyHook SeaLife Foundation.   

"Ke ʻai nei ka poʻe ʻai sushi ʻimi kūlana i ka tuna bluefin nani a pau a pono mākou e hoʻōki i kēia manawa, ma mua o ka lohi ʻana," wahi a Todd Steiner, ka mea olaola a me ka luna hoʻokele o Turtle Island Restoration Network. "ʻO ka waiho ʻana i ka ʻulaʻula o ka Pākīpika ma ka papa inoa ʻo Endangered Species ka hana mua e hoʻopau ai i ka luku ʻana a kau i kēia ʻano mea kupaianaha ma ke ala e ola hou ai."

"ʻO ka lawaiʻa ʻole ʻana i ka lawaiʻa ʻole i ʻae ʻia e nā hui honua ua ʻae ʻia ka hāʻule ʻana o ka tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika i ka 2.6 pakeneka wale nō o kona pae iʻa ʻole ʻia," wahi a Jim Chambers, nona ka Prime Seafood. "ʻO Bluefin ka iʻa nui loa o nā iʻa āpau a ma muli o ko lākou mana nui a me ko lākou ikaika e manaʻo ʻia he paʻakikī nui loa i ka lawaiʻa pāʻani nui. Pono mākou e hoʻopakele i nā iʻa waiwai nui o ka honua ma mua o ka lohi ʻana.

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