E ala ʻoe! Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i nā koholā!

Na Angel Braestrup, ka luna o ka Papa Kūkākūkā o The Ocean Foundation

ʻO ka lā 1 o Iune ka lā koholā. He lā e hoʻohanohano ai i kēia mau mea nani e kaahele ana i nā moana a pau o ka honua—ʻo ka lā 8 o Iune.

Ua ʻike ka hapa nui o ʻoukou he kuleana koʻikoʻi nā koholā i ka moana—he ʻāpana lākou o ka pūnaewele paʻakikī e hoʻokumu i ka ʻōnaehana ola no ko kākou honua. I loko o kahi honua me nā kumu protein like ʻole i loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā koholā, e like me kā kaʻu mau keiki e ʻōlelo ai, pēlā i ke kenekulia i hala. ʻO ka “E mālama i nā koholā” Ua lanakila ka slogan i koʻu mau makahiki ʻōpio a ua kūleʻa ka hoʻolaha lōʻihi. Ua pāpā ka International Whaling Commission i ka hana koholā ʻana i ka makahiki 1982—he lanakila i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia e nā tausani a puni ka honua. ʻO ka poʻe i hilinaʻi wale i ke koholā—ʻo ka poʻe hahai holoholona—i mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia pēlā i kēia lā-ʻoiai ʻaʻole i lawe ʻia a kūʻai ʻia aku ka ʻiʻo a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe. E like me nā ʻanuʻu maikaʻi he nui i mua o ka mālama ʻana, ua lawe ʻia i ka hoʻoikaika hui ʻana o nā ʻepekema hoʻolaʻa, nā mea hana, a me nā mea aloha koholā e hakakā i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hāpai i ka moratorium ma ka hālāwai IWC i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

No laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha i ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Iceland e hoʻomaka hou ana i ke koholā ʻana i kēia makahiki nā hoʻonāukiuki. Ua hui ʻia kēlā ʻano kūʻē me ka pelekikena o Iceland ma Portland, Maine, i ka pule i hala aku nei me ka manaʻolana e noʻonoʻo hou ʻo Iceland i kāna hoʻoholo.

Ma ke ʻano he Poʻo o ka Papa Kūkākūkā o The Ocean Foundation, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e hālāwai ai me kekahi o nā kānaka ʻepekema koholā a me nā mea hoʻolaha ʻē aʻe o ka honua. I kekahi manawa, hele au i ka wai e ʻike iā lākou, e like me nā tausani o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e nānā makaʻu nei.

Ke ʻākoakoa ka poʻe ʻepekema moana e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā holoholona, ​​​​hoʻokahi minuke e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou palapala honua. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole lākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kahakai Kaleponi, kamaʻilio lākou e pili ana i ka Pākīpika Hikina a me California Bight, kēlā wahi waiwai o ka moana ma waena o Point Conception a me San Diego. A ʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema koholā e kālele ana i nā wahi hānai a me nā wahi hānai e kākoʻo ana i nā ʻano ʻano lele a lākou e hahai ai i kēlā me kēia kau.

Hana pū nā mea hoʻokele wale. ʻO kā lākou berena a me ka pata nā piko o ka wā e kōkua ai i ka holomua o ka huakaʻi. Ma Glacier Bay, hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi microphone ma luna o ka moana e hoʻolohe ai i nā koholā. ʻAʻole hīmeni nā humpbacks ma laila (haʻalele lākou i kēlā no ka hoʻoilo ma Hawaiʻi) akā hoʻomau lākou i ka leo. ʻO ka ʻauheʻe ʻana i ka waʻa mālie e hoʻolohe ana i ka ʻai ʻana o nā koholā ma lalo ou he ʻike kupua a i ka wā e haki ai lākou, ʻo ka kahe o ka wai a me ka paʻi ʻana ma hope o nā pali pōhaku.

ʻO nā poʻo kakaka, nā beluga, nā humpbacks, a me nā hina—ua pōmaikaʻi au i ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou a pau. Loaʻa nā manawa kūpono e loaʻa iā lākou i ka manawa kūpono. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā koholā polū a me kā lākou ʻōpio e hauʻoli ana i ka maluhia o ka Loreto National Marine Park ma Baja Kaleponi, Mekiko. A i ʻole e ʻike i nā koholā ʻākau kakaʻikahi (i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia no ka mea ʻo lākou nā koholā kūpono e pepehi ai) o ke Komohana ʻAkelanika komohana - e hakakā nei e ola ma ke ʻano he ʻano. ʻO nā kohola 50 hina, e like me kā mākou makemake e ʻōlelo ai.

ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi koholā ke lilo i lā maikaʻi wale nō ma luna o ka wai-ʻaʻohe mea e lele ana mai ke kai, ʻaʻohe ʻōpuʻu i kona luʻu ʻana, ʻo nā nalu pau ʻole a me ke aka i kekahi manawa e holo wikiwiki ai nā mea a pau i kahi. aoao o ka waapa makehewa.

ʻO kēia, i manaʻo ʻia, ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo loa i nā orcas o ke kowa o San Juan de Fuca, a i ʻole nā ​​fjord o Prince William Sound, a i ʻole nā ​​palena hina a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Glacier Bay a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī ʻole o ka ʻAkelanika komohana ʻākau. Ua lohe au i ka manawa kūpono o ka makahiki, ma nā wahi he nui a puni ka honua, ua nui nā orca, ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a me nā ʻili hope ʻālohilohi mai nā haneli heʻe ka mamao-ʻo nā ʻōpala home, nā malihini kipa e hele ana, ka huakaʻi. nā ʻīlio ʻīlio hae o nā kāne hoʻokahi e ʻoki ana i ko lākou ala ma nā kula iʻa a me nā sila.

ʻElua mau koholā pepehi kanaka "transient" ʻai mammal i kiʻi ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka mokupuni ʻo Unimak, hikina ʻo Aleutian Islands, Alaska. kiʻi na Robert Pittman, NOAA.

Akā iaʻu, ʻaʻole ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe i ka nui o koʻu lohe ʻana, “Ua hele mai lākou ma ʻaneʻi i ka mahina a pau! A i ʻole ka mea kōkua mau, "Ua pono ʻoe i nehinei." Manaʻo wau inā e kipa au i kahi pāka kumuhana, e loaʻa ana i ka hoahānau o Shamu kahi lā olakino noʻonoʻo.

Eia naʻe, manaʻoʻiʻo wau i ka orcas. Aia paha lākou ma laila inā nui ka poʻe i ʻike iā lākou, ʻeā? A e like me nā cetaceans a pau—nā koholā, nā iʻa, a me nā porpoise—ʻaʻole pono mākou e ʻike iā lākou e manaʻoʻiʻo he mea nui lākou i ke kai maikaʻi e like me nā kula o Menhaden, nā ʻaʻa kai, a me nā kahakai mangrove— a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka poʻe a pau e hoʻoikaika nui nei no ka moana olakino e hiki mai ana.

Manaʻo wau ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lā hauʻoli ʻo Whale, ʻo Orcas (ma nā wahi a pau āu e noho ai) a me ka ʻahaʻaina i kou mau hoahānau.