I Hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kahi Hero Moana ʻoiaʻiʻo

Aloha ka hui TOF,

ʻO Marine Scientist, ʻo Michelle Ridgway kekahi o ka poʻe mua aʻu i hālāwai ai i koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e hana ma Alaska kokoke i 20 mau makahiki aku nei. Ma kā mākou hana hou loa, ua kōkua ʻo The Ocean Foundation i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi hui o nā ʻōpio mai Alaska e huakaʻi i Wakinekona DC no Capitol Hill Oceans Week. He kākoʻo nui ʻo ia no ko kākou moana, a hiki i nā kikoʻī koʻikoʻi e like me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka manaʻo i ʻae ʻia e ke kamaʻāina e mālama i nā moku holo moku mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka wai ʻino i loko o nā wai kokoke i Alaska.

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua nalowale ko mākou moana i kahi mea kākoʻo i ka wā i make ai ʻo Michelle mai nā ʻeha i loaʻa i kahi ulia kaʻa i ka lā 29 o Dekemaba. Ua nalowale ka Ocean Foundation i kahi hoaaloha a me kona hoa hana. Ma kahi Nīnauele ʻo Alaska Public Radio, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia e ʻōlelo ana, "He moana waiwai nui a mākou e noho nei a he mea nui ka mea a mākou e hana ai iā ia."

ʻO ia ka manaʻo e alakaʻi ai i ke kaiāulu ʻo The Ocean Foundation i kēlā me kēia lā, a he ʻoiaʻiʻo pono mākou e mālama i ka poʻo o ko mākou noʻonoʻo.

I ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ke koa moana maoli, no ke kai,

Mark J. Spalding,
Pelekikena The Ocean Foundation