ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 mau pūʻulu kūʻē iā HR 3133

Ianuari 9, 2018 

Aloha ʻoe i ka lālā o ke komite waiwai maoli o ka hale:

Ke noi aku nei mākou iā ʻoe e koho "ʻaʻole" ma HR 3133, he bila e hoʻonāwaliwali loa i ka Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), ka manaʻo o ko mākou lāhui i ka mālama ʻana i nā mea momona āpau o ka moana: nā kohola, nā iʻa, nā sila, nā liona kai, nā walrus, kai. nā otters, polar bears, a me nā manatees.

Ma muli o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ka emi ʻana o ka nui o ka nui o nā mea momona o ka moana, ua hala ka ʻaha kūkā i ka MMPA me ke kākoʻo bipartisan ikaika, a ua kau inoa ʻo Pelekikena Richard Nixon iā ia i kānāwai i ʻOkakopa 1972. Mālama ke kānāwai i nā mammals moana a me ko lākou heluna kanaka, a pili ia i nā kānaka a pau. a me nā moku i loko o nā kai o ʻAmelika, a me nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika a me nā moku hae US ma ke kai kiʻekiʻe. I ka hoʻohana ʻana o ke kanaka i ka moana—ka moku, ka lawaiʻa, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ikehu, ka pale ʻana, ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pono e pale a hoʻēmi i nā hopena pōʻino i nā mammals moana i kēia manawa ma mua o ka wā i kau ʻia ai ka MMPA he 45 mau makahiki i hala.

He mea koʻikoʻi nā mammals moana i ke olakino o ke kai, a he nui nā mea e aʻo ai e pili ana i kā lākou mau kuleana no ka mea ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke ola o ke kai e aʻo ai ma mua o ka poʻe ma ka ʻāina. No ka laʻana, ʻo nā koholā nui—ʻo ia hoʻi nā holoholona nui loa i ka mōʻaukala o ke ola ma ka honua—e hoʻoneʻe i nā meaʻai ma waena o ka moana ma ka ʻaoʻao a me ke ākea ma nā mamao ākea, e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻano mea ola ʻē aʻe he nui.

Ua pōmaikaʻi nui nā mammals moana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ʻAmelika. Ma ka mālama ʻana i nā limu ʻai limu i ka nānā ʻana a hiki i nā ululāʻau kelp ke ulu hou a hopu i ka carbon dioxide, ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei nā otters kai Kaleponi i ka noho ʻana no nā ʻano iʻa kalepa, e pale ana i ke kahakai mai ka ʻino ʻana ma o ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka ikaika o nā nalu moana, a me ka huki ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi me kā lākou. nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa. Ke holomua nei nā ʻoihana kiaʻi koholā ma kēlā me kēia kahakai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 450 mau ʻoihana kiaʻi koholā, 5 miliona poʻe kiaʻi koholā, a me ka huina o nā loaʻa ma kahi kokoke i $1 biliona ma nā mākaʻikaʻi kahakai i ka makahiki 2008 (ʻo ka makahiki hope loa i helu ʻia ai nā helu kikoʻī. loaʻa). I kēia manawa, huki nā manatees i nā malihini i Florida, ʻoi loa i ka hoʻoilo i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai nā manatees i nā wahi mahana kokoke i nā pūnāwai wai.

ʻAʻole hoʻokahi mammal moana i loaʻa i nā wai o ʻAmelika i pau i nā makahiki he 45 mai ka wā i lilo ai ka MMPA i kānāwai, ʻoiai ua piʻi nui nā hana kanaka ma ka moana. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mammals moana ma nā wai o ʻAmelika, me ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻano mea i hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ma ʻaneʻi ma mua o nā wai ma waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kekahi mau ʻano i hōʻole i nā pae haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i holomua nui i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kā lākou 

ka heluna kanaka ma lalo o ka malu o ka MMPA, me nā porpoise awa ma ka ʻAkelanika a me nā sila ʻelepani ma ke Komohana Komohana. Ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei kēia mau ʻano i ka MMPA, no laila e pale aku i ka pono no ka pale ʻana ma lalo o ka Endangered Species Act (ESA). ʻO nā heluna ʻelua o nā koholā humpback e hānai ana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me nā koholā hina hina ma ka hikina ʻĀkau Pākīpika a me ka heluna hikina o nā liona kai Steller, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia me ke kōkua hou aʻe o ka ESA. 
ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau kūleʻa, ua hoʻouka ʻia ka MMPA i kēia manawa. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo HR 3133 e paipai i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ka ʻaila ʻaila a me ke kinoea i waho, a me nā hana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o ka moana, ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pale e waiho ana ma ka puʻuwai o ka MMPA. E hoʻonāwaliwali loa ka bila i nā kūlana kānāwai no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs), e pale aku i nā ʻepekema ʻoihana mai ka koi ʻana i nā ʻano hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻē aʻe, e hoʻopaʻa loa i ka nānā ʻana i nā hopena i nā mammals moana, a hoʻokau i kahi ʻōnaehana o nā palena palena paʻa a me nā ʻae ʻae ʻakomi e hiki ai. e paʻakikī, inā ʻaʻole hiki ʻole, ke hāʻawi nā kānaka ʻepekema i kekahi loiloi koʻikoʻi o nā hana ʻino. ʻO nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o kēia mau hoʻololi no ka mālama ʻana i nā mammals moana.

ʻO nā mea a HR 3133 e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai he mea nui ia i ka mālama ʻana ma lalo o ka MMPA. Hiki i ka hana ʻino mai nā hana ʻoihana ke hoʻololi i nā ʻano koʻikoʻi—e like me ka ʻai ʻana, ka hānau ʻana, a me ka hānai ʻana—e hilinaʻi ai nā mammals moana e ola a hānau hou. Mālama ka MMPA i nā hopena o kēia mau hana i hoʻoponopono pono ʻia a hoʻemi ʻia. No ka hoʻonāwaliwali i kēia mau mea nui no ka ʻimi ʻaila a me ke kinoea a me nā hana ʻē aʻe, e like me ka HR 3133 i manaʻo ai, e hoʻopōʻino ʻole ʻia nā mammals moana o ʻAmelika a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lilo ʻana o kā lākou heluna kanaka i mea hoʻoweliweli a pilikia paha i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole i pau nā ʻano momona o ka moana US, a ua ola hou kekahi, ke kū nei kekahi poʻe i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi no ko lākou ola ʻana, e like me nā koholā Bryde ma ke Kaiwa o Mekiko, nā kohola pepehi wahaheʻe ma Hawaii a me ke Komohana ʻĀkelanika Komohana, nā kohola nuku a Cuvier i ka moana. ʻĀkau Pākīpika, a me ka Pribilof Island/Eastern Pacific stock o nā sila huluhulu ʻākau. ʻO ka nui o kēia mau holoholona e pilikia ana i ka make ma muli o ke kuʻi ʻana o ka moku a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i nā mea lawaiʻa, a ke alo nei nā mea a pau i ka hopena o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka walaʻau moana a me ka haumia, ka mea e hōʻemi i ko lākou hiki ke ulu a hānau hou.

I ka pau ʻana, noi mākou i kāu kākoʻo no kēia kānāwai mālama moe, a me kāu koho "ʻaʻole" ma HR 3133 ma ka hōʻailona o ke Kōmike Kūlohelohe o ka Hale i ka lā ʻapōpō. 

me ka manao pono, 
ʻO nā ʻoihana a me nā hui 108 ka inoa ma lalo 

1. Oceana 
2. Acoustic Ecology Institute 
3. Altamaha kiai muliwai 
4. Ahahui Cetacean Amerika 
5. American Cetacean Society Oregon Mokuna 
6. Huihui Haumana Cetacean Society 
7. Hale Hoohiwahiwa Holoholona 
8. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe ʻauʻau 
9. Palena Blue 
10.Blue Sphere Foundation 
11.BlueVoice.org 
12. Center for a Sustainable Coast 
13.Center for Biological Diversity 
14. Ke kikowaena no ka imi kohola 
15.Cetacean Society International 
16.Chukchi Kai kiai 
17. Hoʻolaha Makaʻāinana no ke Kaiapuni 
18. Hana Wai Maʻemaʻe 
19. Ka Papahana Kānāwai Climate & Policy 
20. Kofe Savannah 
21.Conservation Law Foundation 
22. Nā Moana ʻAʻole ʻOi 
23. Ka poe pale i na holoholona hihiu 
24. Hoʻohui ʻo Dogwood 
25.Earth Action, Inc. 
26. Honua Law Center 
27. Ka hooponopono honua 
28. Akua Wahine Eco 
29.EcoStrings 
30. Hui Pū ʻia ʻO nā ʻano ʻano pōʻino 
31. Ka Hui Kaiapuni, Ka aoao Demokarata Kaleponi 
32. Ka Waihona Kaiapuni 
33. Loaʻa iā 52 LLC 
34. ʻAi a me ka Hui Mahiʻai 
35. Na Hoa o ke Kai Otter 
36. Kohola Gotham 
37.Greenpeace USA 
38. Pūʻulu no ka Hikina Hikina 
39. Huina Ho'iho'i 'o Gulf 
40.Hackensack Riverkeeper 
41. Nā lima ma ke one / ʻāina 
42. Na Hooilina I Ko kakou Moana 
43.Hip Hop Caucus 
44. Waihona Ahaolelo Lahui Kanaka 
45.Indivisible Fallbrook 
46. ​​Inland Ocean Coalition & Colorado Ocean Coalition 
47. Hui Pū ʻIa Moana ʻĀina / Hui Pū ʻIa Moana Colorado 
48. Institute for Ocean Conservation Science ma Stony Brook University 
49. Ka Waihona Waiwai no ka Pono holoholona 
50.International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute 
51.Kingfisher Eastsound Studio 
52.League o ka poe koho balota 
53. LegaSeas 
54. Ke Keena Hoomalu Moana 
55.Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket 
56.Marine Watch International 
57. Misiona Blue 
58. Mize Family Foundation 
59. Mystic Aquarium 
60. Lahui Audubon Lahui 
61.Ahui Hoomalu Paka Lahui 
62. 'Aha Kūkākūkā Kūlohelohe 
63. Nature of Hope 
64. New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance 
65.NY/NJ Baykeeper 
66. ʻImi Hoʻōla Moana 
67. Hui Hoomalu Moana 
68. Hookahi Haneri Mile 
69. Hookahi Hanau Hou 
70. Kalana ʻAlani Kānāwai/ Ka Mokupuni ʻĀina Wai 
71. Orca Conservancy 
72. Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research 
73. Kaiapuni Pakipika 
74. Kikowaena Momo Moana Pākīpika 
75.PAX ʻepekema 
76. Pūnaehana Huli Mana 
77. Na ilio kiai lehulehu 
78. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance 
79. Na Kai Hana Hou 
80. Na luina no ke Kai 
81.San Diego Hydro 
82.San Fernando Valley Audubon Society 
83. SandyHook SeaLife Foundation (SSF) 
84. E ho'ōla i ko mākou mau kapakai 
85. Ho'ōla i ke Kai 
86. Mālama i ka Manatee Club 
87. E hoola i na kohola a me na moana 
88.Seattle Aquarium 
89. Na Kahu Manō 
90.Ka Hui Sierra 
91. Hui Pū ʻIa Moana Lahui ʻo Sierra Club 
92. Sonoma Coast Surfrider 
93. Hui Hoomalu Kaiapuni o South Carolina 
94. Keena Kanawai Kaiapuni Hema 
95.Surfrider Foundation 
96. Sylvia Earle Alliance / Mission Blue 
97. Ka Papahana Dolphin 
98. Ka Lahui Kanaka o Amerika Huipuia 
99. Ka Papahana Moana 
100. Ka Hui wikiō ʻo Whale 
101. Ka Ahahui Waonahele 
102. Mana Mana, LLC. 
103. Ka Aha Kaiapuni o Wakinekona 
104. Kūkākūkā pule 
105. Mālama ʻia ʻo Whale a me Dolphin 
106. Makaikiu okohola 
107. Papahana Dolphin Wild 
108. Hoomalu holoholona honua (US)