Pōhaku, Pepa, Honu: Hoʻonui i ka Hoʻonaʻauao ma El Salvador

Na Brad Nahill, Luna Hoʻokele a me Co-Founder o SEEtheWILD a me SEE Turtles
Ke hana pū nei me nā kumu kūloko e hoʻonui i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao kai ma El Salvador

He kakaikahi wale no na manu hawksbi wahine i manaoia e hoomoe ana ma ke kapakai hikina holookoa o ka Pakipika. (Photo Credit: Brad Nahill/SeeTurtles.org)

Hele nā ​​haumāna ʻōpio i ko lākou ala i waho o ka uapo i uhi ʻia, me ka ʻakaʻaka makaʻu i kekahi i kekahi me ko lākou poʻo keʻokeʻo a me nā pālule uliuli a me nā pālule. ʻElua mau keiki kāne i manawaleʻa e lilo i pāpaʻi, e ʻālohilohi ana ko lākou mau maka i ka manawa e ʻai ai i kā lāua mau hoa papa-huli-honu-hatchling. Ma ka mākaukau, neʻe nā keikikāne ma ka ʻaoʻao, e kāʻei ana i nā keiki e hoʻohālike ana he pēpē honu e hele ana mai ke kahakai a i ke kai.

Hiki i kekahi mau "honu" ma ke ala mua, e ʻike wale i ka lilo ʻana o nā pāpaʻi i manu mākaukau e huki iā lākou mai ka wai. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana aʻe, koe wale nō ʻelua mau haumāna e kū ana i ka hana koʻikoʻi o ka pale ʻana i nā keikikāne e pāʻani manō nei. He ʻelua wale nō o nā puʻupuʻu i ola i ka paʻa o nā mea ʻaihue e ola ai a hiki i ka wā makua.

ʻO ka hoʻōla ʻana i ke ao o nā honu kai no nā haumāna ma kahi o nā wahi wela honu he ʻāpana ia o nā papahana mālama honu no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i kekahi mau hui mālama mālama nui nā kumuwaiwai e holo ai i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao piha, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hui honu i kaupalena ʻia nā limahana a me nā kumuwaiwai, e ʻae iā lākou e hana i ʻelua mau kipa i kēlā me kēia kau pūnana i nā kula kūloko. No ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻopiha i kēia hakahaka, E nana Honu, me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui Salvadoran ICAPO, EcoViva, a Asociación Mangle, ke hana nei i papahana e hoʻonaʻauao ai i ka honu kai i hana a puni ka makahiki.

Loaʻa nā honu kai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hana pū ana, e ʻai ana, a e neʻe ana i loko o nā wai o nā ʻāina ʻoi aku ma mua o 100. Ma muli o ko lākou wahi e noho ai, loaʻa iā lākou nā mea hoʻoweliweli he nui e like me ka ʻai ʻana i kā lākou mau hua a me ka ʻiʻo, ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā lākou pūpū no ka hana lima, ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea lawaiʻa, a me ke kūkulu ʻana i kahakai. No ke kūʻē ʻana i kēia mau mea hoʻoweliweli, mākaʻikaʻi ka poʻe mālama mālama ma ka honua i nā kahakai nesting, hoʻomohala i nā mea lawaiʻa palekana no ka honu, hana i nā papahana ecotourism, a aʻo i ka poʻe e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka pale ʻana i nā honu.

Ma El Salvador, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka ʻai ʻana i nā hua manu honu mai ka makahiki 2009, e hoʻolilo ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao i mea koʻikoʻi nui no ka mālama ʻana. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana a ko mākou mau hoa kūloko e lawe mai i nā kumuwaiwai i nā kula kūloko, e kōkua ana i nā kumu e hoʻomohala i nā haʻawina e hiki aku ai i kā lākou mau haumāna ma nā ala ʻeleu a hoʻoikaika. ʻO ka hana mua, i hoʻopau ʻia i Iulai, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i nā haʻawina no nā kumu e hana ana a puni ʻo Jiquilisco Bay, kahi home o ʻekolu mau ʻano honu (hawksbills, green turtles, a me olive ridleys). ʻO ke kai kūʻono ka ʻāina pulu nui loa o ka ʻāina a ʻo kekahi o ʻelua mau wahi pūnana nui no ka hawksbill Pākīpika Hikina hikina i ka pōʻino, ʻo ia paha ka heluna honu kai weliweli loa o ka honua.

(Kiʻi Kiʻi: Brad Nahill/SEEturtles.org)

Ma luna o ʻekolu lā, ua mālama mākou i ʻelua mau papa haʻawina me 25 mau kumu mai nā kula kūloko he 15, e hōʻike ana ma mua o 2,000 mau haumāna ma ia wahi. Eia kekahi, ua hele pū mākou i kekahi mau ʻōpio mai Asociación Mangle e komo nei i kahi papahana alakaʻi, a me ʻelua mau kahu e kōkua i ka nānā ʻana i ke kai kūʻono a me kahi ʻelele mai ke Kuhina Hoʻonaʻauao. Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka National Geographic's Conservation Trust ma kahi o nā mea hāʻawi ʻē aʻe.

E aʻo maikaʻi nā kumu, e like me nā haumāna ma ka hana ʻana ma mua o ka nānā ʻana. E ʻike i ka hoʻoponopono hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Celene Nahill (hōʻike piha: ʻo ia kaʻu wahine) i hoʻolālā i nā haʻawina e hoʻoikaika, me nā haʻiʻōlelo e pili ana i ka biology a me ka mālama ʻana i hui pū ʻia me nā hana a me nā huakaʻi kula. ʻO kekahi o kā mākou pahuhopu ʻo ka waiho ʻana i nā kumu me nā pāʻani maʻalahi e kōkua i kā lākou mau haumāna e hoʻomaopopo i ke kaiaola honu kai, me ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo “Mi Vecino Tiene,” he pāʻani noho mele kahi e hana ai nā mea komo i ka ʻano o nā holoholona o ke kaiaola mangrove.

Ma kekahi o nā huakaʻi, ua lawe mākou i ka hui mua o nā kumu i waho o ke kai ʻo Jiquilisco e komo i kahi papahana noiʻi me nā honu ʻeleʻele (he ʻano ʻano o ka honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo). Hele mai kēia mau honu mai kahi mamao aku e like me nā mokupuni ʻo Galapagos no ka ʻai ʻana ma ke kai o ke kai kūʻono. I ka ʻike ʻana i kahi poʻo e lele aʻe no ka lewa, ua hoʻopuni koke nā lawaiʻa e hana pū ana me ICAPO i ka honu me ka ʻupena a lele i loko o ka wai e hoʻokomo i ka honu i loko o ka waʻa. I ka wā i kau ai i ka moku, ua hōʻailona ka hui noiʻi i ka honu, hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili me kona lōʻihi a me kona laula, a lawe i ka laʻana o ka ʻili ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka wai.

Hōʻike nā helu pūnana haʻahaʻa ʻaʻole hiki ke ola ka ʻano me ka ʻole o nā hana hoʻomalu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka pale ʻana i nā hua manu, hoʻonui i ka hoʻohua ʻana, hoʻopuka i ka ʻike olaola a pale i nā wahi noho kai nui. (Kiʻi Kiʻi: Brad Nahill/SEEturtles.org)

ʻOiai e lawe mai ana ʻo SEE Turtles a me ICAPO i nā poʻe mai ka honua a puni e hana me kēia mau honu, he mea kakaikahi ka poʻe e noho kokoke ana e ʻike i ka noiʻi. Manaʻo mākou ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa e aʻo ai e pili ana i kēia mau holoholona a mahalo i ko lākou koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia ke ʻike kokoke iā lākou, a ua ʻae nā kumu. Ua lawe pū mākou i nā kumu i ka hale hānai o ICAPO e aʻo ai i ka mālama ʻana o nā mea noiʻi i nā hua honu a hiki i ko lākou ʻō ʻana.

ʻO kekahi mea koʻikoʻi o nā haʻawina ʻo ia ka manawa kūpono i nā kumu e hoʻohana ai i kā lākou mau mea hana hou me kahi hui o nā haumāna. Ua hele mai nā papa ʻekahi a me ka papa ʻelua mai ke kula kokoke i ke kahua papa a hoʻāʻo ʻia i kekahi o nā hana. Hoʻokani kekahi pūʻulu i kahi ʻano like ʻole o "Rock, Paper, Scissors" kahi i hoʻokūkū ai nā keiki e hele mai kahi pae o ke ola honu a i kekahi, a ʻo kekahi hui e pāʻani i ka pāʻani "Crabs & Hatchlings".

Wahi a nā noiʻi ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻike o nā kumu e pili ana i nā honu ma hope o nā haʻawina, akā ʻo kēia mau papa hana ka hana mua wale nō i kahi papahana lōʻihi e kōkua ai i nā papahana mālama honu o El Salvador e hoʻomohala i kahi haʻawina hoʻonaʻauao kai honu. I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e hoʻolālā kēia mau kumu, he nui me ke kōkua o nā alakaʻi ʻōpio o Asociación Mangle, i nā “lā honu moana” ma kā lākou mau kula me nā haʻawina hou a mākou e hoʻomohala ai. Eia kekahi, e komo nā papa kahiko mai kekahi mau kula i nā papahana noiʻi lima.

No ka wā lōʻihi, ʻo kā mākou pahuhopu ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā haumāna o El Salvador e ʻike i ka kupanaha o nā honu kai ma ko lākou mau kua ponoʻī a komo ikaika i kā lākou mālama ʻana.

http://hawksbill.org/
http://www.ecoviva.org/
http://manglebajolempa.org/
http://www.seeturtles.org/1130/illegal-poaching.html
http://www.seeturtles.org/2938/jiquilisco-bay.html