Ka Puuhonua Hope

na Brad Nahill, Luna Hoʻokele a me Co-Founder o SEEtheWILD

ʻO ke kahakai ākea i ke ahiahi mahana wela paha ka wahi hoʻomaha loa ma ka honua. ʻAʻole paha mākou e ʻike i nā honu honu i kēia ahiahi nani ma ke kihi komohana akau o Nicaragua (ʻaʻole pololei ke kai), akā ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo. ʻO ka leo mālie o ka heʻenalu i hāʻawi i kahi leo kani no ka Milky Way maikaʻi loa aʻu i ʻike ai i nā makahiki. ʻO ka hele wale ʻana ma ke one ua lawa ka leʻaleʻa. ʻAʻole naʻe mākou i huakaʻi i 10 mau hola ma ke kaʻa mai El Salvador no ka hele wāwae ʻana i kahakai.

Hele mākou i ʻO Padre Ramos Estuary no ka mea, ʻo ia ka home kekahi o nā papahana mālama honu kai hoʻoikaika nui o ka honua. ʻO kā mākou hui motley o nā loea honu moana honua ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi noiʻi e aʻo a pale aku i kekahi o nā heluna honu weliweli loa o ka honua, ʻo ka Pākīpika Hikina. manu honu kai hawksbill. Alakaʻi ʻia e nā limahana Nicaragua o Fauna & Flora International (FFI, he hui mālama mālama honua) a hana ʻia me ke kākoʻo mai ka Hikina Pākīpika Hawksbill Initiative (ʻike ʻia ʻo ICAPO), mālama kēia pāhana honu i kekahi o ʻelua mau wahi pūnana nui no kēia heluna (ʻo kekahi ʻO Jiquilisco Bay o El Salvador). Aia kēia papahana i ke komo ʻana o nā kamaʻāina kūloko; he komite o 18 mau hui waiwai ole, hui kaiaulu, aupuni kūloko, a me na mea hou aku.

Ua like ke ala kahakai e hiki aku ai i ke kaona o Padre Ramos me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ke kahakai Pākīpika o Central America. ʻO nā hale liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e laina i ke kahakai, e ʻae ana i ka poʻe heʻe nalu i wahi e hoʻolimalima i kekahi mau hola mai ka wai i kēlā me kēia pō. ʻAʻole i hoʻopā ka mākaʻikaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale nui akā naʻe a ʻike nā maka o nā keiki kūloko ʻaʻole ʻo gringo kahi mea maʻamau e hele a puni ke kūlanakauhale.

Ma hope o koʻu hōʻea ʻana i ko mākou mau hale noho, lālau au i kaʻu pahupaʻikiʻi a hele wāwae i ke kūlanakauhale. Ua hoʻokūkū ka pāʻani pōpeku i ke ahiahi me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka wai anuanu no ka leʻaleʻa punahele a nā kamaʻāina. Hele au i kahakai i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā a hahai i ka ʻākau a hiki i ka nuku o ka nuku, e wili ana a puni ke kūlanakauhale. Ke nānā aku nei ka lua pele palahalaha o ka lua pele Cosigüina i ke kai kūʻono a me kekahi mau mokupuni.

I kekahi lā aʻe, hoʻomaha loa mākou, hoʻomaka mākou i ʻelua mau waʻa e hoʻāʻo e hopu i kahi manu hawksbill kāne i loko o ka wai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā honu i aʻo ʻia ma kēia ʻāina he mau wahine i hopu maʻalahi ma kahakai ma hope o ka pūnana. Ua ʻike mākou i kahi manu manu ma ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi mokupuni i kapa ʻia ʻo Isla Tigra, ma ke alo pono o ka Penina Venecia, a ua holo ka hui i ka hana, hoʻokahi kanaka e lele ana i waho o ka waʻa me ka wēlau o ka ʻupena a ʻo ka waʻa e wili aʻe i loko o ka hapalua pōʻai. ka upena e hohola ana mahope o ka waapa. I ka hiki ʻana o ka waʻa i kahakai, lele akula nā mea a pau e kōkua i ka huki ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka ʻupena, ʻaʻole naʻe i nele.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole kā mākou pōmaikaʻi i ka hopu ʻana i nā honu i loko o ka wai, ua hiki i ka hui ke hopu i nā honu ʻekolu a mākou e pono ai no ka hanana noiʻi hōʻailona ukali. Ua lawe mai mākou i hoʻokahi honu mai Venecia, aia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kai kūʻono mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Padre Ramos, e hoʻokomo i nā lālā o ke kaiāulu e komo pū me ka papahana i ka hanana hōʻailona ukali. He liʻiliʻi ka ʻike e pili ana i kēia mau honu, akā ua lilo nā mea hoʻolele ukali i loko o kahi noiʻi noiʻi i hoʻololi i ka ʻike ʻana o nā ʻepekema i ka mōʻaukala ola o kēia ʻano. ʻO kekahi mea i kāhāhā nui ʻia e ka poʻe akamai honu, ʻo ia ka makemake o kēia mau manu hawksbills e noho ma nā kahawai mangrove; a hiki i ia manawa, manaʻo ka hapa nui ua kokoke lākou e noho wale i loko o nā ʻākoʻa.

Ua ʻākoakoa aʻe kekahi mau kakini poʻe i ka hana ʻana o kā mākou hui e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻiʻo o ka honu i nā limu a me nā ʻōpala. Ma hope aʻe, hoʻopaʻa mākou i ka pūpū e hāʻawi i kahi ʻili ʻōpala e hoʻopili ai i ka transmitter. Ma hope o kēlā, ua uhi mākou i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka carapace me nā papa o ka epoxy e hōʻoia i kahi paʻa paʻa. I ka manawa a mākou i hoʻopili ai i ka transmitter, ua kau ʻia kahi ʻāpana o ka paipu PVC pale a puni ka antenna e pale iā ia mai nā aʻa a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe e hiki ke wehe i ka antenna. ʻO ka hana hope loa, ʻo ia ke pena ʻana i kahi ʻāpana o ka pena anti-fouling e pale ai i ka ulu ʻana o nā algae.

A laila, hoʻi mākou i Venecia no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ʻelua mau mea hoʻolele ma luna o nā honu ma kahi kokoke i ka hale hānai papahana, kahi e lawe ʻia mai ai nā hua manu hawksbill mai nā ʻaoʻao o ke kahawai e hoʻomalu ʻia a hiki i ka wā e ʻō ai a laila hoʻokuʻu ʻia. ʻO nā hoʻoikaika pau ʻole o kekahi mau "careyeros" kūloko (ʻo ka ʻōlelo Sepania no ka poʻe hana me ka hawksbill, i kapa ʻia ʻo "carey") ua uku ʻia me ka manawa kūpono e hana me ka ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki ma kēia noiʻi ʻepekema koʻikoʻi. Ua ʻike ʻia ko lākou haʻaheo i kā lākou hana i ko lākou ʻakaʻaka i ko lākou nānā ʻana i nā honu ʻelua e hele ana i ka wai i ka wā i hoʻopili ʻia ai nā mea hoʻolele.

ʻOi aku ka mālama ʻana i ka honu ma Padre Ramos ma mua o ka hoʻopili wale ʻana i nā mea uila i kā lākou pūpū. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hana i hana ʻia e ka poʻe mālama ma lalo o ka uhi o ka pōʻeleʻele, e hoʻokele ana i ko lākou mau waʻa ma ke kahawai e ʻimi ana i nā hawksbills pūnana. Ke ʻike ʻia kekahi, kāhea lākou i nā limahana o ka papahana nāna e hoʻopili i kahi hōʻailona metala ID i nā pāpaʻi o nā honu a ana i ka lōʻihi a me ka laula o kā lākou pūpū. Lawe ka poʻe mālama i nā hua i ka hale hānai a loaʻa kā lākou uku ma muli o ka nui o nā hua i loaʻa iā lākou a me ka nui o nā pua e puka mai ana mai ka pūnana.

He mau makahiki wale nō i hala aku nei i kūʻai aku ai kēia mau kāne i kēia mau hua me ke kānāwai ʻole, me ka ʻeke ʻana i kekahi mau kālā no ka pūnana e hāʻawi i nā kāne hilinaʻi ʻole i kā lākou libido i mea hoʻonui. I kēia manawa, mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau hua; ʻO ka makahiki i hala ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 90% o nā hua i hoʻomalu ʻia a ʻoi aku ma mua o 10,000 hatchlings i holo palekana i ka wai ma o ka hana a FFI, ICAPO, a me kā lākou mau hoa. Ke kū nei kēia mau kuhukukū i nā mea hoʻoweliweli ma ka Padre Ramos Estuary a me ko lākou āpau. Ma ka ʻāina, ʻo kekahi o kā lākou mea hoʻoweliweli nui loa mai ka hoʻonui wikiwiki ʻana o nā mahi ʻōpae i loko o nā mangroves.

ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana a FFI a me ICAPO e manaʻo nei e hoʻohana no ka pale ʻana i kēia mau honu, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i nā mea hana manawaleʻa a me nā mākaʻikaʻi kaiaola i kēia wahi nani. A papahana manawaleʻa hou hāʻawi i ka poʻe loea olaola i ka manawa e hoʻolilo i hoʻokahi pule a i kekahi mau mahina e hana pū me ka hui kūloko no ka mālama ʻana i ka hale hānai, hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili no nā honu, a kōkua i ke aʻo ʻana i ke kaiāulu no ke kumu he mea nui ka pale ʻana i kēia mau honu. No ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻaʻohe hemahema o nā ala e hoʻopiha ai i nā lā a me nā pō, mai ka heʻenalu, ka ʻauʻau ʻana, ke komo ʻana i ka hele wāwae ma ke kahakai nesting, ka hele wāwae, a me ka kayak.

I koʻu kakahiaka hope ma Padre Ramos, ua ala au i kakahiaka nui e lilo i mea mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻolimalima ana i alakaʻi e lawe iaʻu i kahi huakaʻi kayak ma waena o ka nahele mangrove. Ua hoe au me ko'u alakai ma ke ala akea a pi'i ma na ala wai ololi e hooikaika ana i ko'u hiki ke hookele. Ma ka hapalua, kū mākou ma kahi wahi a hele i kahi puʻu liʻiliʻi me ka ʻike panoramic o ia wahi.

Mai luna mai, ʻike maikaʻi ʻia ka estuary, i mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano he mālama kūlohelohe. ʻO kahi kīnā i ʻike ʻia, ʻo ia ka mahiʻai ʻōpae ʻehā nui i kū i waho o nā ʻaʻe paheʻe o nā ala wai maoli. Ua hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpae o ka honua i kēia manawa, i ulu ʻia ma nā ʻāina ulu me ka liʻiliʻi o nā lula e pale i nā ululāʻau mangrove i hilinaʻi ʻia e nā mea ola. I koʻu hele ʻana i ke ala ākea ma ka huakaʻi hoʻi i ke kūlanakauhale, ua puka mai kahi poʻo honu liʻiliʻi mai loko mai o ka wai e hanu ma kahi o 30 kapuaʻi i mua oʻu. Makemake au e noʻonoʻo ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo ʻana "hasta luego", a hiki iaʻu ke hoʻi hou i kēia mea kilokilo ma waho o ke kihi o Nicaragua.

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