ʻEpekema Coral i ka wā o kahi maʻi maʻi

Ua hoʻokau ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i kahi pilikia i nā hana a pau o ke kanaka. Ua hōʻemi ʻia ka noiʻi moana ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, pono ka ʻepekema i lalo o ka wai i ka huakaʻi, ka hoʻolālā ʻana, a me ka pili kokoke i nā moku noiʻi e kiʻi i nā kahua noiʻi. I Ianuali 2021, ua hōʻole ka Center for Marine Research o ke Kulanui o Havana (“CIM-UH”) i nā pilikia āpau ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kā lākou hana ʻelua ʻumi makahiki e aʻo i ka ʻaʻa elkhorn ma nā kahua ʻelua ma waho o ke kahakai o Havana: Rincón de Guanabo a me Baracoa. ʻO kēia huakaʻi hou loa i hana ʻia ma o ka manaʻo a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, a me ka nānā ʻana i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka ʻāina i nā wahi noiʻi koʻa, hiki ke hana ʻia me ka noʻonoʻo a ʻoiai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale kūpono o nā ʻepekema. E hoʻolei i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka coronavirus ma lalo o ka wai!

I loko o kēia papahana, e alakaʻi ʻia e Kauka Patricia Gonzalez o ke Kulanui o Havana kahi hui o nā ʻepekema Cuban i kahi helu ʻike maka o nā pā elkhorn ma kēia mau wahi ʻelua ma waho o ke kapakai o Havana a loiloi i ke olakino a me ka nui o nā ʻākoʻakoʻa, uhi ʻia ka substrate, a ka noho ʻana o nā iʻa a me nā kaiāulu predator. Kākoʻo ʻia ka papahana e The Ocean Foundation me nā kālā mai Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.

He mau wahi noho waiwai na kualapa i loko o nā koʻa. ʻO kēia mau kualono ke kuleana o ke ʻano ʻekolu o ka ʻaʻa, hoʻomalu i nā mea ola a pau o ka waiwai kalepa e like me ka iʻa a me ka ula, a me ka pale ʻana i nā kahakai mai nā hanana ʻino e like me nā ʻino a me nā ʻino. Aia ma Havana, Cuba, Rincón de Guanabo a me Baracoa, ʻelua mau kuamoʻo ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kūlanakauhale, a ʻo Rincón de Guanabo kahi wahi i mālama ʻia me ke ʻano o Outstanding Natural Landscape. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ke olakino o nā kualono a me ko lākou mau waiwai kaiaola e hiki ai ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hana hoʻokele a me ka mālama ʻana e kōkua i ko lākou pale ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Kiʻi mai Kauka Patricia González

Kiʻi mai Fabián Pina Amargós

Kiʻi mai Fabián Pina Amargós

Kiʻi mai Shireen Rahimi

me ka pahuhopu nui o ka loiloi ʻana i ke olakino o nā ʻāʻī o Rincón de Guanabo a me Baracoa, ua hana ʻia kahi noiʻi ma Ianuali, Pepeluali, a me Malaki e kekahi hui ʻepekema Cuban i alakaʻi ʻia e Kauka Gonzalez. ʻO nā pahuhopu kūikawā o kēia noiʻi penei:

1. No ka loiloi i ka nui, olakino a me ka nui o ka haku mele A. palmata (koʻa elkhorn), A. agaricite a P. astreoides.
2. No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka nui, ka haku mele ʻana, ka pae (ʻōpio a makua paha), ka hui a me ka albinism i loko D. antillarum (he urchin ʻeleʻele lōʻihi i ʻike i ka make nui ma ka Caribbean i ka makahiki 1980 a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kanu nui o ka ʻāʻī).
3. No ka loiloi ʻana i ka haku ʻana o nā ʻano, ka pae ulu, a me ke ʻano o nā iʻa herbivorous, a me ka helu ʻana i ka nui o kēlā me kēia kualono i koho ʻia.
4. E noʻonoʻo i ka uhi ʻana o ka substrate no kēlā me kēia o nā kua i koho ʻia.
5. E hoʻohālikelike i ka ʻawaʻawa o ka substrate no kēlā me kēia o nā kua i koho ʻia.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā keʻena anaʻe ʻeono ma kēlā me kēia ʻāʻu no ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa kūlohelohe o kēlā me kēia kualapa. ʻO nā hopena o kēia noiʻi e hāʻawi i ka PhD thesis a Amanda Ramos, a me nā kumu kumu a Patricia Vicente lāua ʻo Gabriela Aguilera, a me nā palapala diploma a Jennifer Suarez lāua ʻo Melisa Rodriguez. Ua hana ʻia kēia mau noiʻi ʻana i ka wā hoʻoilo a he mea nui e hana hou i ke kauwela ma muli o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā kaiāulu kai a me ke olakino o nā koʻa i hoʻololi ʻia ma waena o nā kau.

ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ke olakino o nā kualono a me ko lākou mau waiwai kaiaola e hiki ai ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hana hoʻokele a me ka mālama ʻana e kōkua i ko lākou pale ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID-19, ʻaʻole hiki i ka Ocean Foundation ke komo i kēia mau huakaʻi a kākoʻo i ka noiʻi ʻana o kēia mau ʻepekema ma ke kino, akā ke kakali nei mākou i ka holomua o kā lākou hana a me ke aʻo ʻana i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no nā hana mālama, a me hui hou i kā mākou mau hoa ma Cuba ma hope o ka maʻi maʻi. Ke alakaʻi nei ka Ocean Foundation i kahi hoʻoikaika nui e aʻo a hoʻihoʻi i nā ʻākoʻa elkhorn a me staghorn ma Jardines de la Reina National Park, ka wahi mālama kai nui loa ma ka Caribbean. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, paʻa kēia papahana no ka mea ua pale ʻo COVID-19 i nā ʻepekema ma Cuba mai ka hana pū ʻana ma nā moku noiʻi.

Ua hui pū ka Ocean Foundation a me CIM-UH no ʻelua mau makahiki ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka pilina pili aupuni ma waena o Cuba a me US. Ma ka ʻuhane o ka diplomacy ʻepekema, hoʻomaopopo kā mākou mau keʻena noiʻi ʻaʻole ʻike ka moana i nā palena a ʻo ke aʻo ʻana i nā wahi noho kai ma nā ʻāina ʻelua he mea koʻikoʻi no ko lākou palekana hui. Ke hui nei kēia papahana i nā kānaka ʻepekema mai nā ʻāina ʻelua e hana like a ʻimi i nā hoʻonā i nā hoʻoweliweli maʻamau a mākou e kū nei me ka maʻi koʻa a me ka bleaching mai ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ka lawaiʻa nui ʻana, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.