Ka nānā 'ana i ka hope:

ʻEhiku mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kanikau mākou i ka make ʻana o ka poʻe 11 i make i ka pahū ʻana o Deepwater Horizon, a nānā i ka ulu ʻana o ka weliweli e like me ke kahe ʻana o ke kahawai ʻaila mai ka hohonu o ke kahawai ʻo Mekiko i kekahi o nā wai nui loa o ko mākou ʻāina. E like me kēia lā, ʻo ia ka pūnāwai a ua waiwai nui ka ʻokoʻa o ke ola.  

Ua neʻe aku ka tuna ʻulaʻula Atlantika i laila e hānai ai a aia i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka hānau ʻana. Ua hānau ʻia nā iʻa bottlenose i ke kakahiaka nui o ka hoʻoilo a no laila ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻelemakule, ʻoi loa ma Bataria Bay, kekahi o nā wahi i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia. ʻO ia ka wā hoʻomoe nui no nā pelicans ʻeleʻele. Hiki ke ʻike koke ʻia nā ʻaʻa ʻāwī maikaʻi. Holo nā waʻa ʻōpae i ka ʻōpae a me nā ʻōpae ʻē aʻe. Ke hoʻomaha nei nā manu lele ma nā ʻāina pulu i ko lākou hele ʻana i ko lākou mau pūnana kauwela. He heluna kanaka kūʻokoʻa o nā koholā Bryde's (pronounced Broo-dus) i hānai ʻia i ka hohonu o ke Kaiwa, ʻo ia wale nō ke kohola baleen a puni ka makahiki ma ke Kaiwa.  

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka noho ʻana o ka tuna i hoʻohuihui ʻia he 3.1 miliona mau mile square. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr. Barbara Block o Tag-A-Giant a me ke Kulanui ʻo Stanford, "Ua paʻakikī ka poʻe bluefin tuna ma ke kahawai ʻo Mexico e kūkulu hou i nā pae olakino no nā makahiki 30," wahi a Block. "ʻO kēia mau iʻa he heluna kanaka kūʻokoʻa, a no laila nā pilikia e like me ka Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ʻoiai inā liʻiliʻi paha, hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena o ka heluna kanaka. He mea paʻakikī ke ana ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana mai ke Kaiwa o Mekiko ma hope o ka makahiki 2010, no ka mea, lōʻihi ka manawa o ka iʻa e komo ai i loko o ka lawaiʻa kalepa kahi e nānā ʻia ai, no laila ke hopohopo nei mākou.¹

Ua hoʻoholo ʻo NOAA he emi iho ma mua o 100 mau koholā Bryde e noho nei ma ke Kaiwa o Mekiko. ʻOiai ua pale ʻia lākou ma lalo o ka Marine Mammal Protection Act, ke ʻimi nei ʻo NOAA i ka papa inoa hou aʻe ma lalo o ka Endangered Species Act no nā koholā a Bryde o ke Kaiwa o Mexico.

Me he mea lā e hoʻomau ʻia ana ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka heluna o ka ʻoʻo, nā ʻāʻu ʻo, a me nā ʻano wai paʻakai ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka "ʻaila" o ka mauʻu a me nā ʻāina marshland i pepehi i ka sediment heleuma nā mea kanu, waiho ʻia nā wahi palupalu i ka ʻā, e hoʻonui ana i kahi ʻano lōʻihi. ʻIke ʻia ua hāʻule nui ka nui o ka hānau ʻana i nā dolphin bottlenose—a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka make ʻana o nā dolphin makua. I ka pōkole, ʻehiku mau makahiki ma hope mai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kahawai o Mexico.

He mau haneli miliona kālā e kahe ana i loko o ka ʻāina ʻo Gulf mai nā uku hoʻopaʻi a me nā kālā hoʻoholo i uku ʻia e BP no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā waiwai waiwai a me ke kaiapuni o ke Kaiwa. Ua ʻike mākou he mea koʻikoʻi ka nānā ʻana i ko mākou ʻike i ka hopena piha o kēia mau ʻano hanana pōʻino a me kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻihoʻi i nā ʻōnaehana. Hoʻomaopopo nā alakaʻi kaiāulu kūloko ʻoiai he waiwai a ua kōkua nui ka komo ʻana o ke kālā, ʻo ka waiwai piha o ke Kaiwa a me kāna mau ʻōnaehana ʻaʻole ia e like me 7 mau makahiki i hala. A ʻo ia ke kumu e makaʻala ai mākou i ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o nā ala pōkole i nā kaʻina hana i hoʻokumu ʻia e hoʻāʻo e pale aku i kēlā ʻano puhi mai ka hana hou ʻana. ʻO ka lilo ʻana o nā ola kanaka a me nā hopena lōʻihi ma luna o nā kaiāulu kanaka a me ka moana like ʻole ʻaʻole kūpono i ka loaʻa kālā pōkole o ka poʻe liʻiliʻi ma ka lilo o nā miliona.

¹ Kauka Barbara Block, Stanford News, 30 Sept 2016, http://news.stanford.edu/2016/09/30/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-impacted-bluefin-tuna-spawning-habitat-gulf-mexico/