Pono ʻo Aleutians i ka Laa Moana Lahui mua o Alaska

Wasinetona, DC — Pono ke koho ʻia ʻana o ka kaiaola kai ʻo Aleutian Islands ma ke ʻano he National Marine Sanctuary mua o Alaska, e like me ke koho inoa ʻana i alakaʻi ʻia e Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) a me kekahi mau hui mālama kai moana ʻo Alaska a me ka lāhui. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā ʻāina ʻo Alaska i loaʻa i ka palekana federal, ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole loaʻa kekahi o nā wai federala o Alaska i ke kūlana pale like.

ʻO ka kaiaola kai Aleutians kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi ma ka honua, e kākoʻo ana i ka heluna nui o nā mammals moana, nā manu kai, nā iʻa a me nā iʻa i ka lāhui a ʻo kekahi o nā mea nui loa ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua. Eia nō naʻe, ke kū nei nā wai Aleutian i nā hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi mai ka lawaiʻa nui ʻana, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka aila a me ke kinoea a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā moku me ka pale liʻiliʻi. ʻO kēia mau mea hoʻoweliweli, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻonui ʻia e ka ulu ʻana o nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai a me ka hoʻokahe ʻana o ka moana.

"ʻO ka Aleutians kekahi o nā kaiaola kai maikaʻi a maikaʻi loa ma ka honua akā ua emi iho no nā makahiki he nui, a makemake lākou i ko mākou nānā wikiwiki," wahi a Richard Steiner, he lālā o ka Papa Hoʻokele PEER a me kahi kaukaʻi o ke Kulanui o Alaska. o ka mālama kai. "Inā koʻikoʻi ka hoʻokele Obama e hana i nā hana nui a wiwo ʻole e mālama i ko mākou moana, ʻo ia kahi a ʻo ka manawa kēia. Na ka Aleutians National Marine Sanctuary e lawe mai i nā hana i hoʻohui ʻia, mau a kūpono hoʻi e pale ai i ka pōʻino hou a hoʻomaka e hoʻihoʻi i kēia kaiaola kai kupaianaha.

Aia i loko o ka hale kapu i manaʻo ʻia nā wai federala a pau ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Aleutian Islands (mai 3 a 200 mau mile nautical ma ka ʻākau a me ka hema o nā mokupuni) a hiki i ka ʻāina nui ʻo Alaska, me nā wai federala mai nā mokupuni ʻo Pribilof a me Bristol Bay, kahi ʻāpana ma kahi o 554,000 square. nautical mile, e lilo ana ia i wahi hoomalu moana nui loa o ka lahui, a o kekahi o ka nui loa o ka honua.

Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hōʻailona ke aupuni o Obama i kona makemake i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā koho no nā wahi hoʻolaʻa moana hou mai ka lehulehu. ʻOiai ʻo ke kaʻina hana no ka koho hope ʻana ma ke ʻano he kapu moana he mau mahina, hiki i ka koho ke hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua no ka koho wikiwiki ʻana ma ke ʻano he monument aupuni e Pelekikena Obama ma lalo o ke Antiquities Act. I kēia mahina ʻo Kepakemapa, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kēia mana hoʻokō e hoʻonui i ka Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (i hoʻokumu mua ʻia e Pelekikena GW Bush) i 370,000 square nautical mile, a laila hoʻokumu ʻia kekahi o nā wahi palekana moana nui loa o ka honua. 

ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻo Pelekikena Obama i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o ka ʻāina ʻo Bristol Bay mai ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ka ʻaila ma waho, akā ua wehe kēia i ka manaʻolana e hiki i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a i ʻole ke aupuni e hiki mai ana ke wehe hou i ia wahi. ʻO kēia koho ʻana i kahi kapu e pale pono i kēlā hana.

ʻO ka National Marine Sanctuary System i kēia manawa he pūnaewele o 14 mau wahi pale kai e uhi ana ma mua o 170,000 mau mile kuea mai Florida Keys a hiki i American Samoa, me Thunder Bay ma Lake Huron. ʻAʻohe National Marine Sanctuary ma nā wai o Alaska. ʻO ka poʻe Aleutians ka mua.

“Inā ʻo ka Midwest ka ʻeke berena o ʻAmelika, a laila ʻo ka Aleutians ka ʻiʻa iʻa a ʻAmelika; ʻAʻole hiki ke haʻalele hou ka hoʻolālā mālama kai US iā Alaska, "wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele PEER ʻo Jeff Ruch, me ka ʻike ʻana ʻo ka hapalua o ke kahakai holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina a me ʻekolu hapahā o kā mākou pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa aia ma Alaska aʻo kāna 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua ka nui o ka aina o Alaska. "Me ka ʻole o ka mālama mālama ʻāina i ka wā kokoke, ke alo nei nā Aleutians i ka manaʻolana o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ékological."

*O ka Ocean Foundation kekahi o na hui i kahea i keia koho

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