CCIMMI: Ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hoʻoilina 50 makahiki o ka ʻimi noiʻi pinniped Channel Islands
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka California Channel Islands Marine Mammal Initiative (CCIMMI) me kahi misionari e kākoʻo i nā noiʻi biology heluna kanaka o nā ʻano pinnipeds ʻeono (liona kai a me nā sila) ma ka Mokupuni Channel. He poʻe kiaʻi ʻo Pinnipeds no ka pono o ka moana — hāʻawi lākou i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona mua o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaiaola e pili ana i nā ola moana ʻē aʻe a me nā kānaka no ka mea like mākou a pau i nā kumuwaiwai moana like.
Hoʻohana ʻo CCIMMI ma ke ʻano he hui lehulehu-private ma waena o Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a me The Ocean Foundation (TOF). ʻO ke kumu o kēia hui ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā makahiki he 50 o ka noiʻi noiʻi ʻana i ka mammal moana ma California Channel Islands e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā pilikia mālama kai ma ke Komohana Komohana.
Kākoʻo ʻo CCIMMI i ka papahana pili ʻepekema o ka biology heluna kanaka pinniped ma California Channel Islands i alakaʻi ʻia e ka California Current Ecosystems Program (CCEP) o ka Marine Mammal Laboratory ma AFSC. Me ka San Miguel Island Research Station ma ke ʻano he kumu mua no ka hana maʻamau, ua kālele ka papahana i nā loiloi o ke olakino, ka nui, ka hānau ʻana a me ka make, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano pinniped ʻelima i hānau ʻia ma nā mokupuni ʻo Channel a pehea ka hopena o kēia mau mea e nā loli. ka kaiaola. Ua alakaʻi ʻia nā hana ʻepekema ikaika i ka lehulehu o nā noiʻi holomua ma ke kula o ka pinniped population ecology, epidemiology of infectious maʻi, a me ka hopena o ke olakino o nā toxins kaiapuni (ʻo nā waika domoic kūlohelohe mai nā pua algal ʻino a me nā mea haumia i hana ʻia e ke kanaka e like me DDT) ʻo ia hoʻi ka hemahema o ka hānau ʻana a me ke kanesa. Hiki i ka CCIMMI ke hana i kēia mau hui kūleʻa ma waena o nā hoa federal, hoʻonaʻauao, a pilikino.
Pāhana 1: Nā haʻawina demographic e mālama i ka heluna makahiki i ʻike ʻia o nā pinnipeds e hoʻomaopopo i ka hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau o ka moana ma nā pinnipeds West Coast.. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā holoholona o kēlā me kēia pūʻulu e hiki ai ke loiloi i ka hopena o ka hoʻoweliweli kaiapuni i nā papa makahiki like ʻole o nā heluna pinniped.
Papahana 2: Hoʻemi i ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka liona kai Kaleponi i nā ʻōpala kai. ʻO ka hoʻopakele a me ka wehe ʻana i nā pinnipeds e pale i ka make a hiki ke ʻike i ke kumu o ka ʻōpala.
Papahana 3: Hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pae ʻino o Organochlorine mau loa ma nā pinnipeds ʻo California Channel Island. Hiki i nā biopsies kino ke loiloi i nā hopena o ka hoʻoilina a me nā kumu hoʻohaumia organochlorine hou i ʻike ʻia mai nā kai kahakai o Kaleponi ma nā heluna pinniped.
Pāhana 4: Ka loiloi ʻana i nā ʻano hana ʻai a me ke kaiaola i ke au o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Hiki i ka nānā 'ana i nā mea'ai ke ho'ololi i ka 'ai e pili ana i ke olakino holoholona a me ka palapala i ka loli 'ana o ka mea'ai me ka ho'ololi 'ana i ke aniau i ka loa'a 'ana o nā mea'ai.
Papahana 5: Ka loiloi ʻana i ka laha ʻana o nā maʻi e puka mai ana i loko o nā momi kai ma nā mokupuni ʻo Channel. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻiʻo o nā holoholona ʻelemakule i ʻike ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hopena o nā meaola maʻi hou i ke olakino o nā heluna pinniped.
Pāhana 6: Ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kākoʻo lohi a me ke kālā no nā hana ma ke kahua ʻimi noiʻi ʻo San Miguel. ʻO ka hoʻolako kālā ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i ka ea o nā hui noiʻi, nā lako a me nā lako a me ka mālama ʻana i ke kahua noiʻi e hiki ai i ka noiʻi kahua holomua ma California Channel Islands.
Me nā makahiki he 130 o ka ʻike hui ʻana a ʻoi aku ma mua o 400 mau pepa noiʻi i ko lākou mau inoa, ʻo nā mea hoʻokumu o CCIMMI he mau alakaʻi kaulana i ka honua ma ke kahua o ka ʻepekema mammal moana. Aia i loko o ka hui ka Luna Hoʻokumu o CCEP, ʻo Robert DeLong, PhD; Frances Gulland, Vet MB, PhD; Luna mālama holoholona ma The Marine Mammal Center, Sophie Guarasci, RVT; a me kāna kāne ʻo Robert Guarasci, he luna ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka mua me ka makemake i ka mālama kai. Hana pū ka hui me Sharon Melin, PhD, ke alakaʻi papahana o kēia manawa o ka CCEP.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o CCIMMI ke kākoʻo i ka papahana noiʻi lehulehu. ʻO nā kumukūʻai koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana a me nā lilo logistic a me kahi kālā e mālama ai i ka ʻoihana o ka San Miguel Research Station. Me ka loaʻa ʻole o nā uku a i ʻole nā koina paʻa, manaʻo mākou i kahi pūlāwai makahiki liʻiliʻi ma kahi o $100,000 a manaʻo mākou e hoʻonui i $500,000 e uhi i nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana.