Nānā i hope: Ke aʻo ʻulaʻula a me ke ola ʻōmaʻomaʻo

Na: Alexandra Kirby, Communications Intern, The Ocean Foundation

I koʻu haʻalele ʻana i Shoals Marine Laboratory ma Iune 29, 2014, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kaʻu mea e komo ai. No ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York wau, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Cornell, a hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo, i koʻu ola ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka ʻike ʻana i nā kula ākea me nā bipi ʻai ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i ke ola kai ma ka moana. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike wau iaʻu iho i ke poʻo Mokupuni ʻo Appledore, ka mokupuni nui loa o nā mokupuni ʻeiwa ma ka mokupuni ʻo Isles of Shoals, ʻeono mile mai ke kapakai o Maine, e aʻo ai e pili ana i nā mammals moana. Ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe no ke aha e makemake ai kahi kamaʻilio nui mai ka ʻāina ʻo New York e hoʻolilo i ʻelua pule e aʻo ai e pili ana i nā mammals moana. ʻAe, eia ka pane maʻalahi: Ua aloha au i ke kai a ua hoʻomaopopo au i ka nui o ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama kai. ʻIke wau he ala kaʻu e hele ai, akā, liʻiliʻi iki, hoʻomaka wau e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka mālama kai a me ka kamaʻilio ʻepekema.

Ke hele nei au i kahi ala e ʻike ai au e hoʻohui i koʻu ʻike no ke kamaʻilio a me ke kākau ʻana me koʻu aloha i ke ola kai a me ka mālama kai. He nui ka poʻe, ʻo ʻoe pū kekahi, e nīnau nui pehea e hiki ai i kekahi e like me aʻu ke aloha i ka moana inā ʻaʻole wau i ʻike ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole o ke ola moana a me nā hanana. ʻAe, hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe pehea. Ua ʻike au i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā puke a me nā ʻatikala e pili ana i ke kai a me nā mammals moana. Ua ʻimi au ma ka Pūnaewele no nā hanana a me nā pilikia e kū nei i ke kai. A ua ʻike au e hoʻohana ana i ka pāpili kaiapili e kiʻi i ka ʻike mai nā ʻoihana mālama moana, e like me The Ocean Foundation, a me nā hui aupuni, e like me NOAA. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke komo i ke kai kino no laila ua aʻo au e pili ana ia mea me nā kumuwaiwai hiki ke loaʻa (ʻo ia nā laʻana o ka kamaʻilio ʻepekema).

Ma hope o ka hoʻokokoke ʻana aku i kahi Polofesa ʻO Cornell Marine Biology e pili ana i koʻu hopohopo e hoʻohui i ke kākau ʻana me ka mālama kai, ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai ʻo ia iaʻu aia kahi niche no ka kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ka mālama kai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu he mea pono loa ia. ʻO ka lohe ʻana i kēia, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia koʻu makemake e kālele i ke kamaʻilio mālama kai. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻike kamaʻilio a me ke kākau ʻana ma lalo o koʻu kāʻei, akā ʻike wau makemake wau i kahi ʻike biology moana maoli. No laila, hoʻopaʻa wau i kaʻu ʻeke a hele aku i ke Kaiwa o Maine.

ʻAʻole like ka mokupuni ʻo Appledore i nā mokupuni aʻu i hele ai ma mua. Ma ka ʻaoʻao, ʻike ʻia kāna mau mea pono liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i ka hohonu o ka ʻenehana e hoʻokō ai i kahi mokupuni hoʻomau, ʻaʻole ʻoe e manaʻo he maʻalahi loa ia. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka makani, ka lā, a me ka mana diesel, hana ʻo Shoals i kāna uila ponoʻī. No ka hahai ʻana ma ke ala e hele ai i kahi nohona hoʻomau, mālama ʻia nā ʻōnaehana no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai ʻino, ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka wai hou a me ka wai paʻakai, a me kahi mea hoʻopihapiha SCUBA.

ʻAʻole ʻo ke ola hoʻomau ka mea hoʻohui i Shoals. ʻOiaʻiʻo, manaʻo wau he ʻoi aku ka nui o nā papa. Ua komo au i ka papa Introduction to Marine Mammal Biology i aʻo ʻia e Kauka Nadine Lysiak mai ka ʻO Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Ua manaʻo ka papa e aʻo i nā haumāna e pili ana i ka biology o nā mammals moana, e kālele ana i nā koholā a me nā sila ma ke Kaiwa o Maine. I ka lā mua loa, ua komo ka papa holoʻokoʻa i ka nānā ʻana i ke sila hina hina a me ke awa. Ua hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā helu he nui a me nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi paʻi kiʻi ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi o nā wahi hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ke kolone. Ma hope o kēia ʻike, loaʻa iaʻu nā manaʻolana kiʻekiʻe loa no ke koena o ka papa; aole au i hoka.

I loko o ka lumi papa (ʻae, ʻaʻole mākou i waho e nānā i nā sila i ka lā a pau), ua uhi mākou i nā kumuhana he nui e pili ana i ka ʻauhau a me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, morphological a me physiological adaptations no ke ola i ke kai, foraging ecology and behavior, reproductive cycles, bioacoustics, nā pilina anthropogenic, a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā ʻano mammalian moana weliweli.

Ua aʻo au ma mua o kaʻu i manaʻolana ai e pili ana i nā mammals moana a me nā Isles of Shoals. Ua kipa mākou Mokupuni ʻo Smuttynose, a waiho ʻia me nā moʻolelo nui e pili ana i nā pepehi kanaka pōā i hana ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻaʻole i lōʻihi loa. I kekahi lā aʻe ua hoʻokō mākou i ka hana o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka necropsy seal harp. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole nā ​​manu he momi kai, ua aʻo nui au ma mua o kaʻu i manaʻo ai e pili ana i nā gull, ʻoiai he nui nā makuahine pale a me nā moa palaka e holoholo ana ma ka mokupuni. ʻO ka haʻawina koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole loa e hoʻokokoke loa (Ua aʻo au i ke ala paʻakikī - ua poped au i nā manawa he nui e nā makuahine hoʻomāinoino, a me ka pale nui loa).

Ua hāʻawi mai ʻo Shoals Marine Laboratory iaʻu i ka manawa kūpono e aʻo ai i ka moana a me nā holoholona moana kupaianaha i kapa ʻia ʻo ia home. ʻO ka noho ʻana ma Appledore no ʻelua pule ua wehe koʻu mau maka i kahi ala hou o ka noho ʻana, i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka makemake e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kai a me ke kaiapuni. ʻOiai ma Appledore, ua hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ka noiʻi maoli a me ka ʻike kahua maoli. Ua aʻo au i ka nui o nā kikoʻī e pili ana i nā mammals moana a me nā Isles of Shoals a ʻike wau i kahi honua moana, akā hoʻomau wau i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kaʻu kumu kamaʻilio. Ua hāʻawi mai ʻo Shoals iaʻu i ka manaʻolana nui ʻo ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka media social he mau mea hana ikaika e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hiki ai i ka lehulehu ākea a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike papa o ka lehulehu i ka moana a me kona mau pilikia.

He palekana ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole wau i haʻalele i ka mokupuni ʻo Appledore me ka lima ʻole. Ua haʻalele wau me ka lolo piha i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mammals moana, kahi hōʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia ke kamaʻilio a me ka ʻepekema moana, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, nā kulu gull ma koʻu poʻohiwi (ma ka liʻiliʻi loa o kona laki!).