No ka hoʻokuʻu koke ʻana, ʻAukake 7, 2017
 
Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (530) 304-7258, [pale ʻia ka leka uila] 
Carl Safina, The Safina Center, (631) 838-8368, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
ʻO Andrew Ogden, Pūnaehana Hoʻihoʻi Hou ʻana o Turtle Island, (303) 818-9422, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
Taylor Jones, Nā Kiaʻi WildEarth, (720) 443-2615, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]  
Deb Castellana, Mission Blue, (707) 492-6866, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
Shana Miller, The Ocean Foundation, (631) 671-1530, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]

Ua hōʻole ʻo Trump Administration i ka pale ʻana i ke kānāwai o ka Pacific Bluefin Tuna Endangered Species Act Protection

Ma hope o ka emi ʻana o 97 pakeneka, ke alo nei nā ʻano ʻano i ka pau me ke kōkua ʻole

SAN FRANCISCO— ʻO ka hoʻokele Trump i kēia lā hoole i ka palapala hoopii no ka pale ʻana i nā tuna bluefin Pākīpika ma lalo o ke kānāwai Endangered Species Act. ʻO kēia mea hoʻomake nui loa, ka mea e kauoha ana i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe ma nā kūʻai iʻa ma Iapana, ua hoʻonui ʻia i ka liʻiliʻi ma lalo o 3 pakeneka o kona heluna kanaka mōʻaukala. ʻOiai ʻo ka National Marine Fisheries Service kūkala ʻia i ʻOkakopa 2016 ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa inoa i ka Pacific bluefin, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole pono nā pale. 

"Inā pili ka uku o nā luna lawaiʻa a me nā luna federal i ke kūlana o kēia mea kupanaha, ua hana lākou i ka mea kūpono," wahi a Carl Safina, ka pelekikena o ka Safina Center a me kahi ʻepekema a me ka mea kākau i hana e huki i ka lehulehu. i ka pilikia o ka tuna uliuli. 

ʻO Iapana, South Korea, Mexico, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i hōʻemi ʻole i ka lawa ʻana o ka lawaiʻa no ka pale ʻana i kēia ʻano hiʻohiʻona, kahi mea momona ma nā menu sushi. Hoʻokahi loiloi hou ʻike ʻia ʻo ka bluefin a me nā mea ola kai nui ʻē aʻe e pili pono ana i ka hanana hoʻopau nui o kēia manawa; ʻO ko lākou poho e hoʻopau i ka pūnaewele meaʻai moana ma nā ʻano like ʻole, a pono lākou e pale hou aku e ola ai.    

"E hele ana ka tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika i ka luku ʻia ke ʻole mākou e pale iā lākou. Ke hana nei ka Endangered Species Act, akā ʻaʻole i ka wā e nānā ʻole ai ka hoʻokele Trump i ka pōʻino o nā holoholona e pono ai ke kōkua, "wahi a Catherine Kilduff, he loio me ka Center for Biological Diversity. "ʻO kēia hoʻoholo hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻoi aku ka mea nui i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā hale ʻaina boycott bluefin a hiki i ka wā e ola hou ai ka ʻano.  

I Iune 2016 ua noi nā mea noi i ka lawelawe lawaiʻa e pale i ka tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika e like me ka pilikia. Aia ka hui pū me ka Center for Biological Diversity, The Ocean Foundation, Earthjustice, Center for Food Safety, Defenders of Wildlife, Greenpeace, Mission Blue, Recirculating Farms Coalition, The Safina Center, SandyHook SeaLife Foundation, Sierra Club, Turtle Island Restoration Network and WildEarth ʻO nā kahu kiaʻi, a me ka mea kūʻai kai kai hoʻomau ʻo Jim Chambers.
"ʻO ke kaua a ka hoʻokele Trump ma ka moana ua hoʻokuʻu hou i kahi grenade lima - kahi e wikiwiki ai i ka pau ʻana o ka bluefin tuna mai nā wai o ʻAmelika a hōʻeha loa i nā kaiāulu lawaiʻa a me kā mākou lako meaʻai," wahi a Todd Steiner, ka mea olaola a me ka luna hoʻokele o Turtle Island Restoration Network. .

ʻAneʻane pau nā tuna bluefin o ka Pākīpika i ʻohi ʻia i kēia lā ma mua o ka hana hou ʻana, me ka kānalua ʻana i ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he ʻano. He liʻiliʻi wale nō nā papa makahiki makua o ka Pacific bluefin tuna, a e nalowale koke ana kēia ma muli o ka ʻelemakule. Me ka ʻole o nā iʻa ʻōpiopio e oʻo i loko o ke ʻano hoʻopulapula e pani ai i nā poʻe ʻelemakule, he pōʻino ka wā e hiki mai ana no ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula o ka Pākīpika ke ʻole e hana koke ʻia e hoʻopau i kēia emi ʻana.

"Ma mua o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka tuna ʻulaʻula o ka Pākīpika no kā lākou hana koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi i ke kai, ke lawaiʻa kaumaha nei ke kanaka iā lākou a hiki i ka palena o ka pau ʻana i mea e kau ai i ka pā ʻaina," wahi a Brett Garling o Mission Blue. “ʻOi aku ka minamina i ka ʻaihue ʻana o kēia gastro-fetish i ke kai o kekahi o kāna mau ʻano ʻano nui loa. ʻO ka manawa kēia e ala aʻe a hoʻomaopopo he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻauʻau ʻana o ka tuna i ke kai ma mua o ka soy sauce ma kahi pā."

"Aia mākou i waenakonu o kahi pilikia hoʻopau, a ʻo ka hoʻokele Trump, ma ke ʻano anti-environmental maʻamau, ʻaʻohe hana," wahi a Taylor Jones, ke kākoʻo o nā ʻano mea ʻino no WildEarth Guardians. "ʻO ka bluefin tuna kekahi o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole e ʻeha a nalowale paha ma muli o ka huhū o kēia ʻoihana i ka mālama ʻana."

"Me ka hoʻoholo o kēia lā, ua haʻalele ke aupuni US i ka hopena o ka Pacific bluefin tuna i nā luna lawaiʻa nona ka moʻolelo maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana i kahi hoʻolālā 'kūkulu hou' me kahi 0.1 pakeneka o ka manawa e hoʻihoʻi ai i ka heluna kanaka i nā pae olakino," wahi a Shana Miller, he loea tuna. ma The Ocean Foundation. "Pono ʻo ʻAmelika e lanakila i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka palekana no ka Pacific bluefin ma ka pae honua, a i ʻole kahi moratorium lawaiʻa ʻoihana a me ka pāpā kālepa honua ʻo ia wale nō nā koho i koe e mālama ai i kēia ʻano."

ʻO ka Center for Biological Diversity he hui mālama ʻāina, ʻaʻole waiwai me ka ʻoi aku o 1.3 miliona mau lālā a me nā mea hoʻoikaika pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano mea ʻino a me nā wahi hihiu.