Ho'ōla i nā Honu Kai – Ka Manaʻo o kahi Intern

Na Campbell Howe, Research Intern, The Ocean Foundation 

I loko o nā makahiki, ua hauʻoli ʻo The Ocean Foundation i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka noiʻi a me nā interns hoʻokele i kōkua iā mākou e hoʻokō i kā mākou misionari e like me kā lākou aʻo hou ʻana e pili ana i ko mākou honua moana. Ua noi mākou i kekahi o kēlā mau haumāna e kaʻana like i kā lākou ʻike pili moana. ʻO kēia ka mea mua ma kahi pūʻulu o nā pou blog intern TOF.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Interning ma The Ocean Foundation i kumu no koʻu ʻimi moana. Ua hana au me TOF no ʻekolu mau makahiki, e aʻo ana e pili ana i nā hana mālama kai a me nā manawa kūpono a puni ka honua. ʻO kaʻu ʻike moana ma mua, ʻo ia ka nui o nā kipa ʻana i kahakai a me ka hoʻomana ʻana i nā aquarium āpau. I koʻu aʻo hou ʻana e pili ana i nā TEDs (nā honu hoʻokuʻu ʻia), Invasive Lionfish i ka Caribbean, a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā lau nahele ʻo Seagrass, ua hoʻomaka wau e ʻike noʻu iho. Ua hoʻomaka wau ma ka loaʻa ʻana o kaʻu Laikini PADI Scuba a hele i ka luʻu ʻana ma Jamaica. Hoʻomanaʻo maopopo wau i ko mākou ʻike ʻana i kahi pēpē Hawksbill Sea Turtle e heʻe mai ana me ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka maluhia. Ua hiki mai ka manawa aʻu i ʻike ai iaʻu iho ma kahakai, 2000 mile mai ka home, e kū ana i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe.

I kaʻu mākaʻikaʻi pō mua, ua noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho, 'ʻaʻohe ala e hiki ai iaʻu ke hana hou i ʻekolu mahina…' He ʻehā a me ka hapa ka lōʻihi o ka hana paʻakikī. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ma mua o koʻu hiki ʻana mai, ua ʻike wale lākou i ke ala o kekahi mau honu. I kēlā pō ua hālāwai mākou me ʻelima Olive Ridley i ko lākou piʻi ʻana mai ke kai a i ka pūnana a me nā pūnana ʻehiku hou aku.

Me kēlā me kēia pūnana i loaʻa ma waena o 70 a 120 mau hua, hoʻomaka koke lākou e kaumaha i kā mākou ʻeke a me kā mākou ʻeke i ko mākou hōʻiliʻili ʻana iā lākou no ka pale ʻana a hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana. Ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ke kahakai kokoke i 2 mau mile, 4.5 mau hola ma hope mai, ua hoʻi mākou i ka hale hānai e kanu hou i nā pūnana hou. ʻO kēia hana paʻakikī, hoʻomaikaʻi, kahaha mau, lilo i koʻu ola no nā mahina ʻekolu e hiki mai ana. No laila pehea wau i hiki ai i laila?

Ma hope o koʻu puka ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Wisconsin, Madison i ka makahiki 2011, ua hoʻoholo au e hoʻāʻo i koʻu lima ma ka mālama ʻana i ka moana ma kona pae kumu: ma ke kula. Ma hope o ka noiʻi ʻana, loaʻa iaʻu kahi Polokalamu Hoʻomalu Honu Kai i kapa ʻia ʻo PRETOMA ma Guanacaste, Costa Rica. ʻO PRETOMA kahi waiwai ʻole ʻo Costa Rican nona nā hoʻolaha like ʻole e pili ana i ka mālama kai a me ka noiʻi a puni ka ʻāina. Hoʻoikaika lākou e mālama i ka heluna kanaka hammerhead ma nā mokupuni ʻo Cocos a hana pū lākou me ka poʻe lawaiʻa e mālama i ka nui o ka lawaiʻa. Ke noi nei nā poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hana manawaleʻa, intern a kōkua paha i ka noiʻi kahua. Ma koʻu kahua hoʻomoana he 5 ʻAmelika, 2 Spaniards, 1 Kelemānia a me 2 Costa Ricans.

Ua hele au i laila i ka hopena o ʻAukake 2011 ma ke ʻano he Kōkua Papahana e hana ma kahi kahakai mamao, 19 Km mai ke kūlanakauhale kokoke loa. Ua kapa ʻia ke kahakai ʻo Playa Caletas a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kahua hoʻomoana ma waena o kahi mālama wai a me ka Moana Pākīpika. Loaʻa i kā mākou mau hana nā hana holoʻokoʻa: mai ka kuke ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻeke kiaʻi a hiki i ka nānā ʻana i ka hale hānai. I kēlā me kēia pō, ʻo wau a me nā mea kōkua papahana ʻē aʻe e hele i 3 mau hola mākaʻikaʻi ma kahakai no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā honu kai. Ua hele pinepine ʻia kēia kahakai e Olive Ridleys, Greens a me ka Leatherback pilikia i kekahi manawa.

I ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ala, me ka pio ʻana o nā kukui a pau, e hahai mākou i ke ala e alakaʻi ai iā mākou i kahi pūnana, kahi pūnana wahaheʻe a i ʻole honu. Ke loaʻa iā mākou kahi pūnana honu, lawe mākou i nā ana a pau a kau iā lākou. Aia nā honu kai i ka mea i kapa ʻia he "trance" i ka wā e hoʻomoe ana i mea e pilikia ʻole ai lākou e nā kukui a i ʻole nā ​​pilikia liʻiliʻi e hiki mai ana i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai mākou i ka ʻikepili. Inā laʻa mākou, e ʻeli ana ka honu i kona pūnana a hiki iā mākou ke ana maʻalahi i ka hohonu hope o ia pūnana a me ka ʻohi ʻana i nā hua i kona waiho ʻana. Inā ʻaʻole, a laila, kali mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao i ke kanu ʻana a ka honu i ka pūnana ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i kai. Ma hope o ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana, ma nā wahi āpau ma waena o 3 a 5 mau hola ma hope, e kanu hou mākou i nā pūnana ma ka hohonu like a ma kahi ʻano like me ka loaʻa ʻana.

ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka noho ʻana ma kahi hoʻomoana. Ma hope o ke kiaʻi ʻana i ka hale hānai no nā hola, he mea minamina ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pūnana ma ke kihi loa o ke kahakai, ʻeli ʻia, me nā hua i ʻai ʻia e ka raccoon. He mea paʻakikī ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kahakai a hiki i kahi pūnana i ʻohi mua ʻia e kekahi poacher. ʻO ka mea pōʻino loa, ʻo ia ka wā e ʻauʻau ai ka honu kai nui ma ko mākou kahakai e make ana i ka ʻeha o ko lākou ʻāʻī, ma muli paha o ka moku lawaiʻa. ʻAʻole i maʻa mau kēia mau hanana a he mea hoʻonāukiuki iā mākou a pau. Hiki ke pale ʻia kekahi o ka make ʻana o nā honu kai, mai nā hua manu a hiki i nā pua. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i hiki ʻole ke pale. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, ua pili loa ka hui aʻu i hana ai a ʻike kekahi i ka hohonu o ko mākou mālama ʻana i ke ola o kēia ʻano.

ʻO kekahi mea weliweli aʻu i ʻike ai ma hope o kaʻu mau mahina e hana ana ma kahakai ʻo ia ka palupalu o kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi a me ka nui o kā lākou hoʻomanawanui e ola ai. Me he mea lā he mea hoʻoweliweli ka holoholona a i ʻole ke ʻano kūlohelohe. Inā ʻaʻole ia he bacteria a i ʻole nā ​​pōpoki, he skunks a raccoons paha. Inā ʻaʻole ʻo nā ʻupena a me nā pāpaʻi, ua pio i ka ʻupena lawaiʻa! ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano o ka wā e hiki ke hoʻoholo inā ola lākou i kā lākou mau hola mua. ʻO kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, paʻakikī, kupanaha me he mea lā ua loaʻa nā pilikia āpau iā lākou. I kekahi manawa he mea paʻakikī ke nānā aku iā lākou e hele ana i kai, me ka ʻike i nā mea a pau a lākou e alo ai.

ʻO ka hana ʻana ma kahakai no PRETOMA he mea maikaʻi a paʻakikī hoʻi. Ua ho'ōla hou ʻia au e kekahi pūnana olakino nui o nā honu e ʻō ana a lele pono i ke kai. Akā, ua ʻike mākou a pau ʻaʻole i ko mākou lima ka nui o nā pilikia e kū nei i kahi honu kai. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomalu i nā ʻokiʻoki i hōʻole i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka TED. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻemi i ka makemake i nā hua manu honu kai i kūʻai ʻia ma ka mākeke no ka meaʻai. ʻO ka hana manawaleʻa ma ke kula, he hana koʻikoʻi - ʻaʻohe kānalua no ia. Akā, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo, e like me nā hana hoʻomalu āpau, aia nā paʻakikī ma nā pae he nui e pono ke kamaʻilio e hiki ai i ka holomua maoli. ʻO ka hana pū ʻana me PRETOMA i hāʻawi mai i kahi hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i ka honua hoʻomalu aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai ma mua. Laki wau i ke aʻo ʻana i kēia mau mea a pau i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻano olaola waiwai o Costa Rica, nā kānaka lokomaikaʻi a me nā kahakai nani.

Ua lawelawe ʻo Campbell Howe ma ke ʻano he noiʻi intern ma The Ocean Foundation ʻoiai e hoʻopau ana i kāna kekelē mōʻaukala ma ke Kulanui o Wisconsin. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Campbell i kāna makahiki ʻōpio ma waho o Kenya, kahi i hana ai kekahi o kāna mau hana me nā kaiāulu lawaiʻa a puni ʻo Lake Victoria.