Ua ʻike ka poʻe noiʻi i ka hōʻailona koʻikoʻi i ka mea pohihihi o ka male ʻana i ka iʻa

Tallahassee, Florida. ʻApelila 13, 2017. No ka manawa mua i loko o 17 makahiki o ka noiʻi ʻana ma Florida, ua ʻike ka poʻe ʻepekema i kahi ʻāina male no ka iʻa liʻiliʻi Endangered. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻApelila i ka ʻāina pāpaʻu o Everglades National Park, ua hopu kekahi hui noiʻi, hōʻailona, ​​​​a hoʻokuʻu i ʻekolu iʻa iʻa makua (hoʻokahi kāne a me ʻelua wahine) ma kahi i ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ka wahi iʻa ʻōpiopio. Ua ʻokoʻa ko lākou mau ʻekolu, i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka male ʻana, e like me ke ʻano o nā niho ma nā ihu ʻuwau o nā holoholona. Aia i loko o ka hui nā kānaka ʻepekema mai Florida State University (FSU) a me ka National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) nāna e hoʻomau i ka noiʻi i ʻae ʻia ma lalo o ka Endangered Species Act (ESA) e nānā i ke olakino o ka lehulehu.

"Ua manaʻo lōʻihi mākou he ʻoihana paʻakikī ka pili ʻana i ka iʻa, akā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike mua i nā hōʻeha hou e like me ka male hou ʻana, a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hōʻike e hana ʻia ana ia ma nā wahi a mākou e aʻo nui nei ma ke ʻano he ʻāina hānai iʻa," wahi a mākou. ʻO Kauka Dean Grubbs, Luna Hoʻokele o ka noiʻi no FSU's Coastal and Marine Laboratory. "ʻO ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i hea a i ka wā hea ka hoa iʻa iʻa, a inā e hana ʻelua a hui pū paha lākou, he mea nui ia i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ko lākou moʻolelo ola a me ka ecology."

Ua kākoʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema i kā lākou nānā ʻana me ka ultrasound a me nā loiloi hormone e hōʻike ana e hoʻomākaukau ana nā wahine no ka hāpai ʻana. Ua hopu nā kānaka noiʻi ma Florida i nā iʻa iʻa kāne a me nā wahine makua i kekahi mau manawa, a ma kekahi mau wahi.

"Ua hauʻoli nui mākou a pau i kēia hoʻomohala nui i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana e wehe i nā ʻano male pohihihi o ka sawfish," wahi a Tonya Wiley, ka mea nona a me ka Pelekikena o Haven Worth Consulting me 16 mau makahiki o ka ʻike i ke aʻo ʻana i ka iʻa. "ʻOiai ua koho ʻia ka hapa nui o Southwest Florida ma ke ʻano he 'noho koʻikoʻi' no nā iʻa liʻiliʻi, ua hōʻike kēia ʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o Everglades National Park i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻano.

Ua helu ʻia ka iʻa liʻiliʻi (Pristis pectinata) ma ke ʻano he Endangered ma lalo o ka ESA ma 2003. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o NOAA, ua hoʻoikaika ka papa inoa i ka pale federala ikaika no nā ʻano, nā palekana no ka nohona koʻikoʻi, kahi hoʻolālā hoʻōla piha, a me ka noiʻi mālama pono ʻia.

"He ala lōʻihi ko Florida sawfish no ka ho'ōla hou ʻana, akā, hāʻawi nā haʻawina hoihoi i kēia manawa i nā haʻawina a me ka manaʻolana no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e pōʻino a puni ka honua," wahi a Sonja Fordham, Pelekikena o Shark Advocates International, kahi papahana o The Ocean Foundation. "Hiki i nā ʻike hou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka pale ʻana i ka iʻa i nā manawa koʻikoʻi, akā hōʻike pū i ka pono e pale i ka ʻōnaehana paka e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i kahi noho kūpono, ke kālā no ka noiʻi ʻana, a me ke kānāwai nui i holomua a hiki i kēia lā."

Hoʻokaʻaʻike: Durene Gilbert
(850)-697-4095, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]

Nā memo i nā mea hoʻoponopono:
Kāpae iʻa liʻiliʻi US: http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/smalltooth-sawfish.html
Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Kauka Grubbs, Ms. Wiley, a me Ms. Fordham ma ka Hui Hoʻoponopono Hoʻōla Iʻa NoAA o NOAA. Ua mālama ʻia nā hana noiʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia ma lalo o ka palapala ESA #17787 a me ka ʻae ENP EVER-2017-SCI-022.
I ka hopena o 2016, ua hōʻike ʻo Dr. Grubbs i ka ʻike mua ʻana o ka hānau ʻana o ka iʻa (i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Bahamas: https://marinelab.fsu.edu/aboutus/around-the-lab/articles/2016/sawfish-birth).
Kākoʻo ʻo Disney Conservation Fund i kahi papahana sawfish outreach hui o Shark Advocates International a me Haven Worth Consulting. Ua komo nā limahana Disney i ka huakaʻi iʻa iʻa ʻApelila 2017.