Makiyi 3 Opulumutsa Fodya Caye

ndi Michael Bourie, TOF Intern

Nditatha Khrisimasi yatha ndikupewa chipale chofewa, ndinaganiza zokhala nyengo yachisanu yapitayi ku Caribbean ndikuchita maphunziro a zamoyo zam'madzi kudzera mu Institute for Sustainable International Studies. Ndinakhala milungu iwiri ndikukhala ku Tobacco Caye pafupi ndi gombe la Belize. Fodya Caye yakhazikika pa Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Ili pafupi maekala anayi ndipo ili ndi anthu khumi ndi asanu okhazikika, komabe amatha kukhala ndi zomwe anthu ammudzi amatcha "msewu waukulu" (ngakhale kulibe galimoto imodzi pa caye).

Pafupifupi makilomita khumi kuchokera ku tawuni yapafupi ndi doko la Dangriga, Fodya Caye amachotsedwa ku moyo watsiku ndi tsiku wa ku Belize. Mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Mitch itagunda mu 1998, zida zambiri za Tobacco Caye zidawonongeka. Ambiri mwa malo ogona ochepa pa caye akukonzedwabe.

Nthawi yathu pa caye sinawonongeke. Pakati pa ma snorkels angapo patsiku, mwina kumtunda ndi madoko, kapena kukwera bwato mwachangu, maphunziro ku Tobacco Caye Marine Station, kukwera mitengo ya kokonati, kuyanjana ndi anthu amderalo, komanso kugona mwa apo ndi apo mu hammock, anali otanganidwa nthawi zonse kuphunzira za machitidwe apanyanja a Mesoamerican barrier reef.

Ngakhale kuti tinaphunzira zambiri za semester kwa milungu iwiri, zinthu zitatu zinandikhudza makamaka za Tobacco Caye ndi zoyesayesa zake zosamalira panyanja.

Choyamba, anthu a m'derali apanga chigoba chotchinga chigobacho poyesa kuti chisakokolokenso. Chaka chilichonse, gombe la nyanja limachepa ndipo kambe kakang'ono kale kamakhala kakang'ono kwambiri. Popanda kuchuluka kwa mitengo ya mangrove yomwe inkalamulira pachilumbachi anthu asanatukuke, gombeli limakhala ndi kukokoloka kwa mafunde kwambiri, makamaka nthawi yamphepo yamkuntho. Anthu okhala ku fodya caye amathandizidwa ndi kusamalira malo ogona, kapena ndi asodzi. Nsodzi zodziwika bwino komanso zodziwika bwino kwa msodzi wa Tobacco Caye ndi conch. Akabwerera ku caye, amachotsa chigobacho ndikuchiponya pamphepete mwa nyanja. Zaka za mchitidwe umenewu zachititsadi chotchinga choopsa kugombe. Ndi chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha anthu ammudzi akulumikizana pamodzi kuti athandize kusunga caye m'njira yokhazikika komanso yokoma zachilengedwe.

Chachiwiri, boma la Belize linakhazikitsa malo osungiramo nsomba ku South Water Caye Marine Reserve mu 1996. Asodzi onse a ku Tobacco Caye ndi asodzi aluso ndipo ankakonda kusodza m’mphepete mwa nyanja. Komabe, popeza Tobacco Caye ili m’malo osungiramo nyanja, amadziŵa kuti amayenera kuyenda pafupifupi kilomita imodzi kuchokera kumtunda kukapha nsomba. Ngakhale kuti asodzi ambiri akhumudwa ndi vuto la malo osungiramo nyanja, ayamba kuona kuti ntchitoyi ndi yothandiza. Akuwona kukulirakulira kwa nsomba zamitundumitundu zomwe sanaziwonepo kuyambira ali ana, kukula kwa nkhanu za spiny, conch, ndi nsomba zambiri zam'mphepete mwa nyanja zikuchulukirachulukira, ndipo malinga ndi zomwe munthu wina adawona, kuchuluka kwa akamba am'madzi omwe amakhala m'malo amadzi. Fodya Caye gombe kwa nthawi yoyamba mu zaka khumi. Zingakhale zosokoneza pang'ono kwa asodzi, koma malo osungiramo nyanja akuwoneka kuti ali ndi zotsatira zabwino pa chilengedwe cha m'nyanja.
 

Chachitatu, komanso posachedwapa, kuukira kwa lionfish kukukhudzanso nsomba zina zambiri. Lionfish siinabadwire ku Nyanja ya Atlantic motero ili ndi zilombo zochepa kwambiri. Komanso ndi nsomba yodya nyama ndipo imadyetsa nsomba zambiri zomwe zimapezeka ku Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Pofuna kuthana ndi kuukiraku, masiteshoni am'madzi am'deralo, monga Tobacco Caye Marine Station, amalimbikitsa nsomba za lionfish m'misika yam'deralo kuti ziwonjezeke ndipo mwachiyembekezo zimanyengerera asodzi kuti ayambe kupha nsomba zambiri zapoizonizi. Ichi ndi chitsanzo chinanso cha njira zosavuta zomwe anthu okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Belize akutenga kuti apititse patsogolo ndikuteteza chilengedwe chofunikira cha m'madzi.

Zithunzi zojambulidwa ndi Michael Bourie

Chithunzi 1: Chotchinga chipolopolo cha conch

Chithunzi 2: Onani kuchokera ku Reef's End Tobacco Caye

Chithunzi 3: Fodya Caye

Chithunzi 4: Mufasa the Lionfish