Aleutians Ayenera Kukhala Malo Osungiramo Marine Oyamba a Alaska

Washington, DC - Zamoyo zam'madzi zaku Aleutian Islands zikuyenera kutchedwa National Marine Sanctuary yoyamba ku Alaska, malinga ndi kusankhidwa kotsogozedwa ndi Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) ndi angapo Alaska komanso mabungwe osamalira panyanja. Ngakhale kuti madera oposa theka la madera a Alaska amatetezedwa kosatha, pafupifupi madzi onse a m’chigawo cha Alaska alibe chitetezo chofananacho.

Zamoyo zam'madzi za Aleutians ndi imodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri zachilengedwe padziko lapansi, zomwe zimathandizira kuchuluka kwa nyama zam'madzi, mbalame zam'madzi, nsomba ndi nkhono mdzikolo komanso imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Komabe, madzi a Aleutian akukumana ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu komanso zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira chifukwa cha kusodza mopitilira muyeso, kukula kwamafuta ndi gasi komanso kuchuluka kwa zombo ndi chitetezo chochepa. Ziwopsezozi zimakulitsidwanso chifukwa chakukula kwa kusintha kwa nyengo, kuphatikizapo kukwera kwa madzi a m’nyanja ndi asidi m’nyanja.

Richard Steiner, membala wa PEER Board of Directors komanso pulofesa wopuma pantchito wa University of Alaska, Richard Steiner, anati: "Aleutians ndi amodzi mwa zachilengedwe zochititsa chidwi komanso zopindulitsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi koma zakhala zikuchepa kwazaka zambiri, ndipo zimafunikira chisamaliro chathu mwachangu. za kasungidwe ka m’madzi. "Ngati olamulira a Obama akufuna kuchitapo kanthu molimba mtima kuteteza nyanja zathu, ano ndi nthawi yake. Malo Opatulika a Aleutians National Marine Sanctuary angabweretse njira zophatikizika, zokhazikika komanso zogwira mtima kuti aletse kuwonongeka ndikuyamba kubwezeretsanso chilengedwe chodabwitsachi. ”

Malo opatulikawa akanakhala ndi madzi onse a m’chigawo cha zilumba zonse za Aleutian Islands (kuchokera pa 3 mpaka 200 ma nautical miles kumpoto ndi kum’mwera kwa zilumbazi) mpaka ku Alaska mainland, kuphatikizapo madzi a m’chigawo cha Pribilof Islands ndi Bristol Bay, dera la pafupifupi masikweya 554,000. Nautical miles, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale malo otetezedwa kwambiri panyanja mdzikolo, komanso imodzi mwamalo akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, olamulira a Obama adawonetsa chidwi chawo pakusangalatsa anthu omwe asankhidwa kukhala malo osungiramo madzi am'madzi atsopano ochokera kwa anthu. Ngakhale kuti njira yomaliza yosankhidwa kukhala malo osungiramo nyanja imatenga miyezi ingapo, kusankhidwa kungathe kukhazikitsa maziko oti atchulidwe mwachangu ngati chipilala cha dziko ndi Purezidenti Obama pansi pa lamulo la Antiquities Act. Seputembala uno, adagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yayikuluyi kukulitsa Chipilala cha National Marine Islands (choyamba kukhazikitsidwa ndi Purezidenti GW Bush) mpaka ma 370,000 masikweya kilomita, potero adapanga amodzi mwamalo otetezedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. 

Sabata yatha, Purezidenti Obama adawonjezera kuchotsedwa kwa dera la Bristol Bay kubwereketsa mafuta akunyanja, koma izi zimatsegula chiyembekezo chakuti Congress kapena boma lamtsogolo litha kutsegulanso deralo. Kutchulidwa kwa malo opatulika kumeneku kukanalepheretsa kuchita zimenezi.

National Marine Sanctuary System yapano ndi maukonde a madera 14 otetezedwa a m'madzi opitilira ma kilomita 170,000 kuchokera ku Florida Keys kupita ku American Samoa, kuphatikiza Thunder Bay pa Nyanja ya Huron. Palibe National Marine Sanctuary m'madzi a Alaska. Aleutians adzakhala oyamba.

“Ngati Kumadzulo kuli Dengu lazakudya la Amereka, ndiye kuti a Aleutia ndi dengu la nsomba za ku America; Njira zaku US zosungirako zakunyanja sizinganyalanyazenso Alaska, "adatero Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa PEER Jeff Ruch, ponena kuti theka la gombe lonse la dzikolo ndi magawo atatu mwa anayi a shelufu yathu yonse ali ku Alaska pomwe Exclusive Economic Zone yake ya 200-mile ndi yopitilira kawiri. kukula kwa dziko la Alaska. "Popanda kulowererapo kwakanthawi koteteza dziko, a Aleutians akukumana ndi chiyembekezo cha kutha kwa chilengedwe."

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