Maiko aku Caribbean Avomera Kuteteza Nsomba za Largetooth Sawfish Pangozi

ROATÁN, Honduras - Pa Tsiku Lachilengedwe Padziko Lonse, June 5, nsomba zazikuluzikulu zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha zinapeza njira yopulumutsira pamene mayiko a Caribbean adagwirizana kuti awonjezere zamoyo ku Annex II ya Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol (SPAW) pansi pa Msonkhano wa Cartagena. Maboma khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri ali ndi udindo wokhazikitsa chitetezo chokhwima cha mitundu ya zamoyo ndi kugwirizana m'madera kuti anthu abwererenso.

"Ndife okondwa kuti maboma kudera lonse la Caribbean awona kufunika kopulumutsa nsomba yodziwika bwino komanso yosasinthika kuti isathenso m'madera," atero a Olga Koubrak, mlangizi wa zamalamulo ku Sealife Law. “Sawfish ndi imodzi mwa zamoyo zam’madzi zomwe zatsala pang’ono kutha padziko lonse ndipo zimafunika kutetezedwa mwalamulo kulikonse komwe zili.”

Mitundu yonse isanu ya nsomba zam'madzi padziko lonse lapansi ili m'gulu lankhondo la IUCN Red List. Largetooth ndi smalltooth sawfish zinali zofala ku Caribbean koma tsopano zatha kwambiri. Smalltooth sawfish idawonjezedwa ku SPAW Annex II mu 2017. Mayiko aku Caribbean omwe amaganiziridwa kuti akadali ndi nsomba zam'madzi m'madzi awo akuphatikizapo Bahamas, Cuba, Colombia ndi Costa Rica. Mlingo wa chitetezo chamtundu wa nsomba zamtchire umasiyanasiyana, komabe komanso njira zosamalira zachilengedwe zikusowa.

"Lingaliro la lero ndi loyenera komanso lolandirika, chifukwa nthawi ikutha chifukwa cha nsomba za macheka," adatero Sonja Fordham, pulezidenti wa Shark Advocates International. “Kupambana kwa njira imeneyi kumadalira kukhazikitsidwa mwachangu komanso mwamphamvu kwa mapangano okhudzana ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe. Tikuthokoza dziko la Netherlands chifukwa chopereka mindandanda ya nsomba za macheka ndipo tikulimbikitsa kuti tipitirizebe kuchitapo kanthu pofuna kuonetsetsa kuti mapulogalamu oteteza nsombazi akukonzedwa kudera lonse la Caribbean nthawi isanathe.”

Amapezeka padziko lonse m'madzi ofunda, nsomba za sawfish zimatha kukula mpaka mamita 20. Mofanana ndi kunyezimira kwina, kuchepa kwa kubereka kumawapangitsa kukhala pachiopsezo cha kusodza mopambanitsa. Kupha mwangozi ndiko kuwopseza kwambiri nsomba za macheka; mano a mano awo amakoledwa mosavuta ndi maukonde. Ngakhale chitetezo chikuchulukirachulukira, mbali za nsomba za macheka zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chidwi, chakudya, mankhwala komanso kumenya tambala. Kuwonongeka kwa malo okhala kumaikanso pachiswe moyo.

Sealife Law (SL) imabweretsa zambiri zamalamulo ndi maphunziro pakusunga nyanja. Shark Advocates International (SAI) ipititsa patsogolo mfundo zozikidwa pa sayansi za shaki ndi cheza. SL ndi SAI agwirizana ndi ofufuza a m'madzi ochokera ku Havenworth Coastal Conservation (HCC), CubaMar ndi Florida State University kuti apange mgwirizano wa Caribbean sawfish, mothandizidwa ndi Shark Conservation Fund.

SAI, HCC ndi CubaMar ndi ntchito za The Ocean Foundation.