Pono ʻoe e hele ma ke alanui

Kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e Shark Conservation Fund a me National Geographic Society.

ʻO ka iʻa liʻiliʻi kekahi o nā mea enigmatic loa ma ka Honua. ʻAe, he iʻa ia, no ka mea, ua manaʻo ʻia nā manō a me nā kukuna he iʻa. ʻAʻole ia he manō akā he kukuna. ʻO ia wale nō, loaʻa iā ia kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā kukuna. He "ʻike" - a i ʻole ma ka ʻōlelo ʻepekema, he "rostrum" - uhi ʻia i nā niho ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua a hoʻonui ʻia mai ke alo o kona kino.

Ua hāʻawi kēia ʻike iā ia i kahi ʻokoʻa. E ʻau aku ka iʻa liʻiliʻi i ke kolamu wai me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻūhā ikaika e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻokuʻu i ka mea pio. A laila, e ʻōniʻoniʻo ia e ʻohi i kāna mea pio me kona waha - ʻo ia, me he kukuna lā, aia ma lalo o kona kino. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻekolu ʻohana manō a me nā kukuna e hoʻohana ana i nā ʻeli ma ke ʻano he mea hahai holoholona. ʻEkolu manawa like ʻole kēia mea hana akamai a maikaʻi hoʻi. 

He hōʻino nō hoʻi ka rostra o ka sawfish.

ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō kahi pāʻina i ʻoliʻoli ʻia no nā millennia e nā moʻomeheu like ʻole e like me ka niho ʻelepani a i ʻole ka manō. Hoʻopahele maʻalahi nā ʻupena iā lākou. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ka iʻa ʻili, ʻaʻole kūpono ia i kumu meaʻai. He cartilaginous loa ia, e hana ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻiʻo i mea ʻino loa. ʻAʻole nui loa akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka iʻa liʻiliʻi i kēia manawa a puni ka Caribbean, paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o ka iʻa liʻiliʻi. ʻOiai aia nā wahi manaʻolana (nā ʻāpana o ka moana e pono ai ka palekana no kona mau holoholona hihiu a me nā wahi noho nui o lalo o ka wai) ma Florida Bay a me nā mea hou loa ma Bahamas, paʻakikī loa ka loaʻa ʻana ma ka Atlantika. 

Ma ke ʻano he papahana i kapa ʻia Hoʻomaka i ka mālama ʻana i ka iʻa Karipiano (ISCS), Ka Moana Foundation, ʻO ka Shark Advocates International, a Ka mālama ʻana i nā kahakai ʻo Havenworth ke lawe mai nei i mau makahiki o ka hana ma ka Caribbean e kokua i ka imi ana i keia ano. He moho koʻikoʻi ʻo Cuba no ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi, ma muli o kona nui nui a me nā hōʻike anecdotal mai nā lawaiʻa ma kāna 600 mau mile o ke kahakai ʻākau.

Ua alakaʻi nā kānaka ʻepekema Cuban ʻo Fabián Pina lāua ʻo Tamara Figueredo i kahi haʻawina ma 2011, kahi i kamaʻilio ai lākou me hoʻokahi haneli mau lawaiʻa. Ua loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻike paʻa loa aia ka sawfish ma Cuba mai ka ʻikepili hopu a me nā ʻike maka. ʻO ka hoa ISCS, ʻo Dr. Dean Grubbs o ke Kulanui o Florida State, ua hōʻailona i kekahi mau iʻa ma Florida a me nā Bahamas a manaʻo kūʻokoʻa ʻo Cuba he wahi manaʻolana ʻē aʻe. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā Bahamas a me Cuba e kahi kahawai hohonu o ka wai - ma kekahi mau wahi he 50 mau mile wale nō ka laulā. ʻO nā mākua wale nō i loaʻa i nā wai Cuban. No laila, ʻo ke kuhiakau maʻamau, ʻo kekahi iʻa i loaʻa ma Cuba ua neʻe mai Florida a i ʻole Bahamas. 

ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻailona i ka iʻa iʻa he pana i ka pōʻeleʻele.

ʻOi loa ma kahi ʻāina ʻaʻohe mea i kākau ʻia i ka ʻepekema. Ua manaʻo ʻo TOF a me nā hoa Cuban e pono ka ʻike hou aʻe ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o kahi pūnaewele e hoʻāʻo ai i kahi huakaʻi hōʻailona. I ka makahiki 2019, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Fabián lāua ʻo Tamara me nā lawaiʻa e hele ana i ka hikina a hiki i Baracoa, ke kamaʻāina hikina hikina kahi i pae mua ai ʻo Christopher Columbus i Cuba ma 1494. ʻAʻole kēia mau kūkākūkā i hōʻike wale i ʻelima rostra i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e nā lawaiʻa i nā makahiki, akā ua kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi e hiki ai ke kau inoa. e hoao. Ua koho ʻia ke kī kaʻawale o Cayo Confites ma ka ʻākau waena ʻo Cuba ma muli o kēia mau kūkākūkā a me nā ākea ākea o ka mauʻu, nā mangrove, a me nā pā one - kahi aloha iʻa. Ma ka ʻōlelo a Kauka Grubbs, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he "sawfishy habitat".

I Ianuali, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Fabián lāua ʻo Tamara i nā lā e kau ana i nā laina lōʻihi mai kahi moku lawaiʻa lāʻau.

Ma hope o ʻelima mau lā o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea ʻole, hoʻi lākou i Havana me ke poʻo i lalo. Ma ka huakaʻi lōʻihi i ka home, ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi kelepona mai kahi lawaiʻa ma Playa Girón i ka hema o Cuba, a kuhikuhi iā lākou i kahi lawaiʻa ma Cardenas. ʻO Cardenas kahi kūlanakauhale Cuban liʻiliʻi ma Cardenas Bay. E like me nā kai kūʻono ma ke kahakai ʻākau, e manaʻo ʻia he sawfish loa.

I ka hōʻea ʻana i Cardenas, lawe ka lawaiʻa iā lākou i loko o kona hale a hōʻike iā lākou i kahi mea e hoʻopuʻihaʻi ai i ko lākou mau manaʻo mua. Ma kona lima ka lawaiʻa e paʻa ana i kahi papa liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā mea a lākou i ʻike ai. Ma ka nana aku, he keiki opiopio kana e paa ana. Ua loaʻa i kahi lawaiʻa ʻē aʻe i ka makahiki 2019 i ka wā e hoʻokaʻawale ana i kāna ʻupena ma Cardenas Bay. ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ua make ka sawfish. Akā ʻo kēia ʻike e hāʻawi i ka manaʻolana mua e hiki ke hoʻokipa ʻo Cuba i kahi heluna kanaka o ka iʻa sawfish. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka loaʻa ʻana i kēia manawa ua like ia me ka hoʻohiki. 

ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ke kino o ka ʻiʻo o kēia ʻōpiopio, a me nā rostra ʻelima ʻē aʻe, e kōkua i ka ʻāpana ʻāpana inā he poʻe malihini kipa a i ʻole he ʻāpana o ka heluna kanaka o Cuba. Inā ʻo ka hope, aia ka manaʻolana o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kulekele lawaiʻa e pale i kēia ʻano a hahai i nā poʻe lawaiʻa hewa ʻole. Loaʻa kēia i ka pili hou ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻike ʻo Cuba i ka sawfish ma ke ʻano he mea lawaiʻa. 

Kiʻi hema: Hāʻawi ʻo Kauka Pina i kahi palapala hoʻomaikaʻi iā Cardenas lawaiʻa ʻo Osmany Toral Gonzalez
Kiʻi ʻākau: Ke wehe nei ʻo Kauka Fabian Pina i ka hōʻike Cardenas ma ka Center for Marine Research, University of Havana

ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka Cardenas sawfish kahi laʻana o ka mea e aloha ai mākou i ka ʻepekema.

He pāʻani lohi ia, akā ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻia e hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ko mākou manaʻo. I kēia hihia, ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou i ka make ʻana o kahi kukuna ʻōpio. Akā, hiki i kēia kukuna ke hāʻawi i ka manaolana no kāna mau hoa. Hiki i ka ʻepekema ke hana lohi. Eia naʻe, ke pane nei nā kūkākūkā me nā lawaiʻa i nā nīnau. I ka wā i kāhea mai ai ʻo Fabián iaʻu me ka nūhou, haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu, "hay que caminar y coger carretera". Ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, pono ʻoe e hele mālie ma ke ala wikiwiki. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ka hoʻomanawanui, ka hoʻomanawanui a me ka ʻimi hoʻomau ʻole e hoʻomaka i ke ala i ka ʻike nui. 

He mea hoʻomaka kēia ʻike, a ma ka hopena hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka sawfish o Cuba he heluna kanaka neʻe. Eia nō naʻe, hāʻawi ia i ka manaʻolana e hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka sawfish o Cuba ma mua o kā mākou i manaʻoʻiʻo ai.