ʻO Whale Strandings a me ka Pono no nā Hoʻonā Loʻihi

He ʻōlelo a Mark J. Spalding o The Ocean Foundation

Pono nā kānaka e hopohopo e pili ana i ka nui o nā kohola sperm a humpback i pae ma nā kahakai ʻo Atlantika mai Maine a i Florida. E make ana nō hoʻi nā koholā Minke ma nā kumukūʻai maʻamau. Ke hopohopo nei ka poʻe no ka ʻoi aku o 600 mau koholā hina o ka Pākīpika i pae i nā makahiki ʻehā i hala aku nei ma nā kahakai o Mexico, US, a me Kanada. Ua pili like ka poʻe ʻepekema a me nā loea ʻē aʻe ma ka Komisina Mammal Marine, a ʻo kekahi NOAAʻoihana, ka mahele kuleana o ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o nā koholā humpback a me nā koholā minke he manawa ʻē aʻe o ka lōʻihi o ka "Uusual Mortality Event" a i ʻole UME, kahi inoa maʻamau e pono e hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pae i kuhikuhi ʻia e ka Kānāwai Hoʻomalu Māmā Moana. No nā koholā humpback kahakai hikina, ua hoʻomaka kēia UME i ka makahiki 2016!

No laila, he aha ka manaʻo o kahi hanana make i hala i ʻehiku mau makahiki? He aha ke kumu? 

Ke hoʻoikaika nei nā ʻepekema mai nā keʻena aupuni a me nā keʻena noiʻi e noʻonoʻo i kēlā. ʻAʻole hiki ke loiloi maikaʻi ʻia nā koholā make a pau-no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka holomua o ka palaho i ka manawa i loaʻa ai. Eia naʻe, ʻaneʻane ka hapalua o nā necropsies ma nā koholā i pae ʻia e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻike ʻana o ka moku a i ʻole ka hihia. Eia kekahi, aia nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me ka hopena o nā pua limu ʻawaʻawa i nā lako meaʻai a me nā maʻi maʻi a me nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ke kuleana i ka make ʻana o nā mammals moana i nā UME mua. 

ʻIke loa, hiki iā mākou ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu mālama moana ke hana i nā hana e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻana o nā moku holo moana o nā nui like ʻole i ka wikiwiki o ka NOAA a me nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe e hōʻemi i ka hiki ke paʻi i ke koholā. Kākoʻo ka ʻepekema i ka hoʻolohi ʻana i nā moku liʻiliʻi (35 a 64 kapuaʻi) e hoʻokō i nā koi lōʻihi like no nā moku ma luna o 64 kapuaʻi. I ka hāʻule hope loa, ua kūʻē ka poʻe nona kēlā mau moku liʻiliʻi i ka manaʻo o NOAA e hana pēlā. 

Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka wehe mea ʻuhane a koi aku i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻenehana i nā mea lawaiʻa e pale ai i ka hoʻopili ʻana. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua nalowale mākou i kekahi o nā kohola ʻākau ʻo ʻAkelanika i hoʻopili ʻia i nā mea lawaiʻa Kanada. Inā hiki ke pale ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi he 40% o ka make ʻana o nā koholā i ka wā e hiki mai ana e kēia mau mea hiki ke hoʻomalu ʻia, pono mākou e hōʻoia i ka hiki ʻana mai. 

Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokomo i ka noiʻi e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ʻikepili pololei loa e pili ana i ka nui o nā humpbacks i kēia manawa ma nā kai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika no nā mea āpau a hapa paha o ka makahiki. Hiki iā mākou ke noiʻi i nā kumu o ka pae ʻana o nā kohola sperm ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hui ʻoihana ʻo Marine Mammal Stranding Network i ke kālā a me nā kumuwaiwai kanaka e pono ai lākou e pane wikiwiki a hana i ka laʻana a me ka nānā ʻana no nā toxins a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hōʻailona ʻē aʻe. 

He kuleana nō hoʻi kā mākou e hōʻoia i ʻaʻohe wikiwiki e hoʻoholo i nā kumu ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka manaʻo kuhi ma mua o ka hōʻike. He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua walaʻau nui ka moana ma muli o nā hana kanaka. ʻO ka hoʻouna ʻana naʻe kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e neʻe ai i nā waiwai a me nā mea waiwai - a ke koi ʻia nei ka ʻoihana e maʻemaʻe, mālie, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Hāʻawi ka makani waho i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki maikaʻi ma ke ʻano he kumu maʻemaʻe o ka mana uila-a ke koi ʻia nei ka ʻoihana e maʻemaʻe a mālie e like me ka hiki.

"ʻO ka walaʻau nui loa, e like me ke kani ʻana o ka seismic a ka ʻoihana aila a me ke kinoea e hoʻohana ai i ka nānā ʻana i lalo o ke kai, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā mammals moana, nā iʻa, a me nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe ma luna o nā wahi nui o ka moana, a ʻo ka walaʻau ʻana mai nā moku kalepa i hana i ka leo mau. . Akā ʻo ka ʻO nā leo i hoʻopuka ʻia e nā ʻimi noiʻi mua o ka makani o waho he haʻahaʻa loa i ka ikehu ma mua o nā kumu ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka ikaika, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokuke i nā koholā mai New York a me New Jersey e pae."

ʻO Francine Kershaw lāua ʻo Alison Chase, NRDC

ʻO ka mea nui, pono ke nānā ʻia nā hana a ke kanaka ma ke kai no nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke olakino o ke kai a me ke ola o loko. Pono e hana ʻia a hoʻokō ʻia nā lula e hoʻokele ana i ia mau hana me ka pono o ke ola moana ka mea nui. Me ka hoʻokomo pono ʻana i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻokō ʻana, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻemi i nā kumu o ka make ʻana o ke koholā i maopopo iā mākou a hiki ke pale aku. A hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi i nā hopena no ka make ʻana o ke koholā a mākou i hoʻomaopopo ʻole ai.