Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Boyd N. Lyon Sea Turtle Fund no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Boyd N. Lyon a hāʻawi i kahi haʻawina makahiki i kekahi haumāna biology moana nona ka noiʻi ʻana i nā honu kai. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kālā e ka ʻohana a me nā mea aloha i hui pū me The Ocean Foundation e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i kēlā mau papahana e hoʻonui ai i ko mākou ʻike i ke ʻano o ka honu kai, nā pono noho, ka nui, ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kino a me ke kino, ka palekana luʻu noiʻi, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ke hana nei ʻo Boyd ma ke kēkelē puka ma Biology ma ke Kulanui o Central Florida a ke hana nei i ka noiʻi ʻana ma ka UCF Marine Turtle Research Institute ma Melbourne Beach i ka wā i hala pōʻino ai ʻo ia e hana ana i kāna mea makemake loa e hana, e hoʻāʻo ana e hopu i kahi honu kai paʻakikī. Nui nā haumāna e noi ana i ke kula haʻawina i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā, pono i ka mea loaʻa ke makemake maoli i nā honu kai e like me ko Boyd.

ʻO Juan Manuel Rodriquez-Baron ka mea i loaʻa i ka Boyd N. Lyon Sea Turtle Fund Scholarship. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Juan i kāna PhD ma ke Kulanui o North Carolina, Wilmington. ʻO ka papahana i manaʻo ʻia e Juan e pili ana i ka loiloi o Bycatch a me nā helu physiological o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā honu ʻili o ka Pākīpika Hikina ma nā kahua ʻai ma nā kahakai o ʻAmelika Waena a me ʻAmelika Hema. E heluhelu i kāna papahana piha ma lalo nei:

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1. Ke kumu o ka nīnau noiʻi 
ʻO ka honu leatherback o ka Pākīpika Hikina (EP) (Dermochelys coriacea) mai Mekiko a hiki i Chile, me nā kahakai hoʻomoe nui ma Mekiko a me Costa Rica (Santidrián Tomillo et al. 2007; Sarti Martínez et al. 2007) a me nā kumu ʻai mua ma nā wai ma waho o kahakai. ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻAmelika Hema (Shillinger et al. 2008, 2011; Bailey et al. 2012). Ua helu ʻia ka honu leatherback EP e ka IUCN ma ke ʻano he Critically Endangered, a ua hōʻike ʻia ka emi ʻana o ka nui o nā wahine hoʻomoe ma nā kahakai pūnana nui (index.http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/46967807/0). Ua manaʻo ʻia aia i kēia manawa aia ma mua o 1000 mau honu EP wahine makua. ʻO ka hopu ʻole ʻia ʻana o nā honu ʻili ʻili o nā mākua a me nā keiki ʻōpio e nā lawaiʻa e hana ana i loko o nā wahi noho ʻai ʻai o kēia ʻano he mea hopohopo nui, no ka mea, ʻo ka mana ikaika o kēia mau pae ola i ka dynamics heluna kanaka (Alfaro-Shigueto et al. 2007, 2011; Wallace et al. 2008). Hōʻike nā hualoaʻa mai nā noiʻi awa i mālama ʻia ma ke kapakai o ʻAmelika Hema ma waena o 1000 a me 2000 EP mau honu leatherback i hopu ʻia i nā lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi kūloko i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ma kahi o 30% - 50% o nā honu i hopu ʻia e make (NFWF a me IUCN/SSC Hui Kūikawā Honu Moana). Ua helu ʻo NOAA i ka honu ʻili ʻili o ka Pākīpika ma ke ʻano he ʻewalu "Species in the Spotlight", a ua koho ʻia ka hoʻēmi ʻana ma ka hopu ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea nui o ka mālama ʻana i kēia ʻano. Ma Malaki 2012, ua ʻākoakoa ʻia kahi Pūʻulu Hana Manaʻo no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi Hoʻolālā Hana ʻĀpana e hoʻopau a hoʻihoʻi i ka emi ʻana o ka honu leatherback EP. Hoʻoikaika ka Papa Hana Hana ʻĀpana i ka mea nui o ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi i pilikia nui i ka hopu ʻana, a paipai pono i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā loiloi honu ma ke awa e hoʻopili ai iā Panama a me Kolombia. Eia kekahi, ʻae ka Regional Action Plan he mea paʻakikī nui ka make ma muli o ka lawaiʻa bycatch i nā hana hoʻōla honu leatherback EP, a ke ʻōlelo nei he mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻana i nā helu make ma hope o ka launa pū ʻana no ka loiloi maikaʻi ʻana i ka hopena maoli o ka lawaiʻa bycatch. keia ano.

2. Pahuhopu 
2.1. E hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻauwaʻa e launa pū ana me nā ʻili ʻili a me nā kau a me nā wahi i koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi no kēlā mau pilina; e alakaʻi i nā papa hana me nā lawaiʻa e kaʻana like i nā hopena noiʻi, paipai i nā hana maikaʻi loa no ka lawelawe ʻana a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā honu i hopu ʻia, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilina hui e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā haʻawina e hiki mai ana.

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2.2. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā manaʻo o ka make ʻana o ka honu ʻili ma muli o ka launa pū ʻana o ka lawaiʻa, a e kākau i nā neʻe ʻana o nā honu ʻili ma ka Pākīpika Hikina e ʻimi ai i nā wahi wela no ka launa pū ʻana o ka lawaiʻa.
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2.3. E hui pū me nā hoʻolālā āpau āpau (LaudOPO, NFWF) a me NOAA e ʻike i ka hopu ʻana o nā honu leatherback i nā lawaiʻa o Central a me ʻAmelika Hema a hoʻomaopopo i nā hoʻoholo hoʻokele e pili ana i nā pahuhopu no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli.
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3. Keʻano
3.1. Māhele ʻekahi (ke holomua nei) Ua mālama mākou i nā loiloi loiloi bycatch maʻamau ma nā awa ʻekolu ma Kolombia (Buenaventura, Tumaco, a me Bahía Solano) a me ʻehiku mau awa ma Panama (Vacamonte, Pedregal, Remedios, Muelle Fiscal, Coquira, Juan Diaz a me Mutis). Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke koho ʻana i nā awa no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ʻikepili aupuni e pili ana i nā ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa nui e hana ana i loko o nā wai Colombian a me Panamanian. Eia kekahi, ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻauwaʻa e launa pū ana me nā leatherbacks a me ka hōʻiliʻili mua o nā hoʻonohonoho o nā pilina (ma o nā pūʻulu GPS i hāʻawi ʻia i nā lawaiʻa makemake e komo). E ʻae kēia mau ʻikepili iā mākou e loiloi i nā ʻauwaʻa e hana pū ai i mea e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i nā pilina. Ma ka hana ʻana i nā papa hana ʻāina ma Iune o 2017, manaʻo mākou e hoʻolako i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me nā mea hana e hoʻoikaika ai i nā hana lawaiʻa e hoʻonui ai i ka manawa o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā honu ʻili i hopu ʻia i nā lawaiʻa kahakai a me nā lawaiʻa pelagic ma nā ʻāina ʻelua.
3.2. Māhele ʻelua E hoʻonoho mākou i nā mea hoʻolele ukali ma luna a e hana i nā loiloi olakino me nā honu ʻili i hopu ʻia ma nā lawaiʻa laina lōʻihi a me Panamanian. E hana pū mākou me nā kānaka ʻepekema aupuni mai ka Colombian and Panamanian National Fisheries Service (AUNAP a me ARAP) a me nā lawaiʻa e hana ana ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o ka hopena, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e nā noiʻi bycatch ma ke awa. E mālama ʻia nā loiloi olakino a me nā mea hoʻopili transmitter, e like me nā protocol i paʻi ʻia (Harris et al. 2011; Casey et al. 2014), me nā honu leatherback i hopu ʻia i ka wā o ka hana lawaiʻa maʻamau. E nānā ʻia nā laʻana koko no nā ʻano hoʻololi kikoʻī ma luna o ka moku me kahi mea nānā kikoʻī, a e hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi sub-sample o ke koko no ka nānā ʻana ma hope. E hoʻolālā ʻia nā hōʻailona PAT e hoʻokuʻu mai ke kahua hoʻopili carapacial ma lalo o nā kūlana e hōʻike ana i ka make (ʻo ia hoʻi ka hohonu> 1200m a i ʻole ka hohonu mau no 24 mau hola) a i ʻole ma hope o ka manawa nānā ʻana o 6 mahina. E hoʻohana mākou i kahi ala hoʻohālike kūpono no ka ʻikepili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e hoʻohālikelike i nā ʻano physiological o nā mea ola, nā mea make, a me nā honu olakino i hopu ʻia ma ke kai no ka noiʻi ʻepekema. E nānā ʻia nā neʻe ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana a e noiʻi ʻia nā ʻano spatial a me ke kino o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nohona. 4. Nā hopena i manaʻo ʻia, pehea e hoʻolaha ʻia ai nā hopena E hoʻohana mākou i ka ʻikepili noiʻi a me nā helu aupuni no ka nui a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa e hoʻohālikelike i ka nui o ka launa pū ʻana o nā honu ʻili i hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma nā lawaiʻa liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻoihana. ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o ka honu ʻili ma waena o nā lawaiʻa e ʻae iā mākou e ʻike i nā mea hoʻoweliweli mua a me nā manawa kūpono no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka bycatch ma kēia wahi. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻikepili physiological me ka ʻikepili hana ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana e hoʻonui i ko mākou hiki ke loiloi i ka make ma muli o nā pilina lawaiʻa. E kōkua pū ana ka hahai ʻana i nā honu ʻili i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka pahuhopu Regional Action Plan o ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka noho ʻana a me ka hiki ke hoʻopololei i ke kino a me ke kino o nā honu ʻili a me nā hana lawaiʻa ma ka Pākīpika Hikina.