Ko makou Kaiāulu Honu Kai

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I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, aia wau ma kahi ʻaha kūkā ma ka ʻākau loa o Malaysia ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka palena ʻo Thai. ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ia huakaʻi ʻo ko mākou kipa pō i ka Hale Honu Ma'Daerah kahi e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai nā Honu Kai ʻOmaomao. He mea maikaʻi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa kūpono e hālāwai ai me nā poʻe i kūpaʻa i ka mālama ʻana i nā honu a me nā wahi a lākou e hilinaʻi ai. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka pōmaikaʻi i ka kipa ʻana i nā wahi pūnana honu kai ma nā ʻāina like ʻole. Ua ʻike au i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā wahine e ʻeli i ko lākou pūnana a hoʻomoe i kā lākou mau hua, a me ka hāʻule ʻana o nā honu liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole i ka hapalua paona ke kaumaha. Ua kahaha ko'u i ko lakou holo paa ana i ka lihi o ka wai, ma ka heenalu, a i waho o ke kai. ʻAʻole lākou e hoʻōki i ka pīhoihoi.

ʻO ʻApelila ka mahina e hoʻolauleʻa ai mākou i nā honu kai ma The Ocean Foundation. ʻEhiku mau ʻano honu kai, ʻo kekahi o ia mau ʻano ma Australia wale nō. ʻO nā ʻeono ʻē aʻe e holoholo ana i ka moana o ka honua a ua manaʻo ʻia nā mea āpau ma lalo o ke kānāwai US. Mālama ʻia nā honu kai ma ka honua ma lalo o ka Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna a i ʻole CITES. ʻO CITES He ʻaelike hoʻokahi kanahā makahiki i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia e nā aupuni he 176 e hoʻoponopono i ke kālepa honua i nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu. No nā honu kai, he mea nui ia no ka mea, ʻaʻole pili nui nā palena ʻāina i ko lākou ala neʻe. Hiki i nā hui honua ke pale aku iā lākou. Hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā ʻano honu kai ʻeono a pau e neʻe ana ma ka honua ma ka CITES Appendix 1, e hāʻawi ana i ka pae kiʻekiʻe loa o ka pale ʻana mai ke kālepa ʻana o ka honua i nā ʻano mea palupalu.

He nani nā manu kuhukukū i ko lākou pono ponoʻī—ʻo nā mea hoʻokele maluhia ākea o ko kākou moana honua, mai nā manu kuhukukū i ulu aʻe ma mua o 100 miliona mau makahiki i hala. ʻO lākou nō hoʻi ka puʻukū o ka pili ʻana o ke kanaka me ke kai—a ke hele mai nei nā hōʻike mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e pono ai mākou e hana hou a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

Kapa ʻia no kona poʻo haiki a me kona nuku e like me ka manu, hiki i nā hawksbills ke komo i loko o nā māwae a me nā māwae o nā ʻākoʻa e ʻimi ana i meaʻai. ʻO kā lākou meaʻai he mea kūikawā loa, e hānai wale ana i nā sponges. Kapa ʻia no kona poʻo haiki a me kona nuku e like me ka manu, hiki i nā hawksbills ke komo i loko o nā māwae a me nā māwae o nā ʻākoʻa e ʻimi ana i meaʻai. ʻO kā lākou meaʻai he mea kūikawā loa, e hānai wale ana i nā sponges. ʻO nā kahakai pūnana i koe kahi e hoʻi hou ai nā honu kai wahine i ko lākou mau ola ʻana, e nalowale ana ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā poho e kū nei mai ke kahakai ma luna o ka hoʻomohala ʻana. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka mahana o nā pūnana i ʻeli ʻia ma ia mau kahakai e hoʻoholo ai i ke kāne o nā pēpē honu. ʻO ka mahana wela e hoʻomohana ana i ke one ma ia mau kahakai, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne e paʻa ana. I ka huki ʻana o ka poʻe lawaiʻa i kā lākou ʻupena, a i ʻole ka huki ʻana o ka poʻe lawaiʻa i kā lākou mau makau i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma nā mile o ke aho lawaiʻa, ʻoi aku ka pinepine o ka hopu ʻia ʻana o nā honu kai (a make i ka wai) me ka iʻa. ʻAʻole maikaʻi pinepine ka nūhou no kēia ʻano kahiko, akā aia ka manaʻolana.

Ke kākau nei au, ke hoʻomaka nei ka hui honu kai makahiki he 34 ma New Orleans. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ka ʻO ka Symposium makahiki ma ke kai honu Biology a me ka mālama ʻana, mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki e ka International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS). Mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ma nā ʻano aʻoaʻo a me nā moʻomeheu, ʻākoakoa nā poʻe e kaʻana like i ka ʻike a hui hou i kahi hoihoi a me ka pahuhopu like: ka mālama ʻana i nā honu kai a me ko lākou kaiapuni.

Haʻaheo ka Ocean Foundation e kākoʻo i kēia hanana kūkulu kaiāulu, a ʻoi aku ka haʻaheo o nā lālā o ko mākou kaiāulu e hāʻawi i ko lākou ʻike i ka ʻaha. ʻO ka Ocean Foundation kahi home o 9 mau papahana e kālele ana i nā honu kai a ua kākoʻo ʻia he mau haneli hou aʻe ma o kāna hana hāʻawi. Aia ma lalo iho kekahi mau laʻana o kā mākou papahana honu kai. No ka ʻike ʻana i kā mākou papahana a pau, e kaomi maanei.

CMRC: He ʻano manaʻo koʻikoʻi nā manu kuhukukū ma lalo o ka papahana Cuba Marine Research and Conservation nona ka manaʻo nui o kēia papahana no ka hana ʻana i ka loiloi kahakai holoʻokoʻa o nā wahi noho kai ma nā kai ʻāina o Cuba.

ICAPO: Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO) i Iulai 2008 no ka paipai ʻana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o nā honu hawksbill ma ka hikina o ka Pākīpika.

ProCaguama: Hoʻopili pololei ʻo Proyecto Caguama (Operation Loggerhead) me ka poʻe lawaiʻa e hōʻoia i ka pono o nā kaiāulu lawaiʻa a me nā honu kai. Hiki i nā lawaiʻa ke hoʻopōʻino i ke ola o ka poʻe lawaiʻa a me nā ʻano mea ʻino e like me ka honu loggerhead. Ma Iapana wale nō, ua emi nui kēia heluna kanaka ma muli o ka nui o ka hopu ʻana

Papahana Honu Kai: Kūkākūkā ʻo Sea Turtle Bycatch i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hopena o ka lawaiʻa ʻana i nā kaiaola kai ma ka ʻike ʻana i ka heluna kumu no nā manu kuhukukū i lawe ʻia (bycatch) ma nā lawaiʻa a puni ka honua, a me nā mea kokoke i ʻAmelika.

E nana Honu: Hoʻohui ʻo SEE Turtles i nā huakaʻi a me nā mea manawaleʻa i nā wahi wela honu a me nā mea hoʻokele kuleana. Hāʻawi kā mākou Sea Turtle Fund i nā haʻawina i nā hui e hana ana no ka pale ʻana i nā kahakai honu, hoʻolaha i nā mea lawaiʻa palekana no ka honu, a hoʻemi i ka hoʻoweliweli i nā honu kai a puni ka honua.

No ke komo ʻana i ke kaiāulu mālama honu kai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kā mākou kālā mālama honu kai. No ka 'ike hou aku, e kaomi maanei.

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Nā ʻano o nā honu kai

Honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo—ʻO nā honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka nui loa o nā honu ʻili paʻa (ke kaumaha ma kahi o 300 paona a me 3 kapuaʻi ke ākea. Aia nā heluna pūnana nui ʻelua ma ke kahakai Karipiano o Costa Rica, kahi 22,500 mau pūnana wahine i kēlā me kēia kau ma ka awelika a ma Raine Island. ma ka Great Barrier Reef ma Australia, kahi 18,000 pūnana wahine i kēlā me kēia kau ma ka awelika.

Hawksbill—He mau lālā liʻiliʻi ʻo Hawksbills o ka ʻohana honu kai. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia lākou me nā ʻāʻa koʻa olakino - ka malu ma nā ana liʻiliʻi, e hānai ana i nā ʻano ʻano huaʻi. He circumtropical nā honu Hawksbill, maʻa mau mai 30° N a hiki i 30° S latitu ma ka Moana ʻAkelanika, Pākīpika, a me Inia a me nā kino wai e pili ana.

Kemp's ridley—Ua hiki keia honu i 100 paona a hiki i ka 28 iniha ka laula, a aia no ma ke Kaikuono o Mekiko a ma ke Kai Hikina o ka US. Aia ka hapa nui o nā pūnana ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Tamaulipas, Mekiko. Ua ʻike ʻia ka nesting ma Texas, a i kekahi manawa ma Carolinas a me Florida.

ʻIliʻili—ʻO kekahi o nā mea kolo nui loa ma ka honua, hiki i ka Leatherback ke hiki i hoʻokahi tona i ke kaumaha a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ʻeono kapuaʻi. E like me ka mea i kūkākūkā ʻia ma kahi blog mua LINK, hiki i ka leatherback ke ʻae i kahi ākea ākea o nā mahana ma mua o nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke loaʻa kona mau kahakai nesting ma West Africa, ʻĀkau ʻAmelika Hema, a ma kekahi mau wahi ma US

poʻo loggerhead—I kapa ʻia no ko lākou mau poʻo nui, e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻauwae ikaika, hiki iā lākou ke ʻai i nā mea ʻiʻo paʻa, e like me nā wili a me ka conch. Loaʻa lākou ma ka Caribbean a me nā wai kahakai ʻē aʻe.

Olive ridley—O ka nui loa o ka honu kai, ma muli paha o kona laha nui, ua like ia me ka ridley o Kemp. Hoʻolaha ʻia nā ʻOlive ridleys ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma nā wahi wela o ka ʻAkelanika Hema, Pākīpika, a me nā moana ʻĀina. Ma ka Moana ʻAkelanika Hema, loaʻa lākou ma nā kahakai ʻo ʻAkelanika o ʻApelika Komohana a me ʻAmelika Hema. Ma ka Pākīpika Hikina, loaʻa lākou mai Kaleponi Hema a i ʻĀkau Chile.