Ngakhale kuti anthu a ku America ankakondwerera Mwezi wa National Ocean mu June ndikukhala chilimwe pafupi ndi madzi kapena pafupi ndi madzi, Dipatimenti ya Zamalonda inayamba kupempha maganizo a anthu kuti awonenso malo ambiri ofunika kwambiri oteteza nyanja zam'madzi. Kuwunikaku kungapangitse kuchepetsedwa kwa kukula kwa 11 kwa malo athu am'madzi ndi zipilala. Molamulidwa ndi Purezidenti Trump, kuwunikaku kudzayang'ana kwambiri kutchulidwa ndi kukulitsa kwa malo opatulika am'madzi ndi zipilala zam'madzi kuyambira pa Epulo 28, 2007.

Kuchokera ku New England kupita ku California, pafupifupi maekala 425,000,000 a malo omira, madzi, ndi gombe ali pachiwopsezo.

Zipilala za National Marine ndi National Marine Sanctuaries ndizofanana chifukwa zonse ndi madera otetezedwa panyanja. Komabe, pali kusiyana pa mmene malo opatulika ndi zipilala amasankhidwira ndi malamulo amene amaikidwapo. Zipilala za National Marine nthawi zambiri zimayendetsedwa ndi mabungwe angapo aboma, monga National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), kapena dipatimenti yamkati, mwachitsanzo. National Marine Sanctuaries amasankhidwa ndi NOAA kapena Congress ndipo amayang'aniridwa ndi NOAA.

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Grey Reef Sharks | Zilumba Zakutali za Pacific 

The Marine National Monument Programme ndi The National Marine Sanctuary Programme amayesetsa kumvetsetsa ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu kudzera muzochitika zafukufuku, kafukufuku wa sayansi, ndi maphunziro a anthu okhudza kufunika kwa maderawa. Pokhala ndi chipilala kapena malo opatulika, malo apanyanjawa amalandira kuzindikira kwakukulu komanso chitetezo. The Marine National Monument Programme ndi The National Marine Sanctuary Programme imagwira ntchito limodzi ndi mabungwe aboma ndi zigawo ndi othandizana nawo kuti ateteze bwino zida zam'madzi m'malo awa. Pazonse, pali pafupifupi madera otetezedwa a 130 ku US omwe amalembedwa ngati zipilala zadziko. Komabe, zambiri mwa izo ndi zipilala zapadziko lapansi. Purezidenti ndi Congress atha kukhazikitsa chipilala cha dziko. Ponena za 13 National Marine Sanctuaries, omwe adakhazikitsidwa ndi Purezidenti, Congress, kapena Secretary of the department of Commerce. Anthu atha kusankha malo oti atchule malo opatulika.

Mapurezidenti athu am'mbuyomu ochokera kumagulu onse andale apereka chitetezo ku malo apadera azikhalidwe, mbiri yakale komanso zachilengedwe zam'madzi. Mu June 2006, Purezidenti George W. Bush adasankha Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Bush adatsogolera njira yatsopano yosungiramo zinthu zam'madzi. Pansi pa utsogoleri wake, malo opatulika awiri adakulitsidwanso: Channel Islands ndi Monterey Bay ku California. Purezidenti Obama adakulitsa malo opatulika anayi: Cordell Bank ndi Greater Farallones ku California, Thunder Bay ku Michigan ndi National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. Asanachoke paudindo, Obama sanangokulitsa zipilala za Papahānaumokuākea ndi zilumba za Pacific Remote Islands, komanso adapanga chipilala choyamba cha National Marine mu Nyanja ya Atlantic mu Seputembala 2016: Northeast Canyons ndi Seamounts.

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Soldierfish | Chilumba cha Baker

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, ndi 4,913 square miles, ndipo ili ndi canyons, corals, mapiri osatha, anamgumi omwe ali pangozi, akamba am'nyanja, ndi zamoyo zina zomwe sizipezeka kwina kulikonse. Malowa sagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi usodzi wamalonda, migodi, kapena kubowola. Ku Pacific, zipilala zinayi, Mariana's Trench, Pacific Remote Islands, Rose Atoll, ndi Papahānaumokuākea zimazungulira madzi opitilira 330,000. Ponena za malo osungiramo nyanja, National Marine Sanctuary System imapanga ma kilomita opitilira 783,000.

Chimodzi mwazifukwa zambiri zomwe zipilala izi ndizofunikira ndikuti zimagwira ntchito ngati "nkhokwe zotetezedwa za kupirira”. Pamene kusintha kwa nyengo kukuchulukirachulukira vuto lalikulu, zidzakhala zofunikira kukhala ndi malo otetezedwawa. Pokhazikitsa zipilala za dziko, US ikuteteza maderawa omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi chilengedwe. Ndipo kuteteza maderawa kumatumiza uthenga kuti tikateteza nyanja, timateteza chakudya chathu, chuma chathu, zosangalatsa zathu, madera athu am'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndi zina zambiri.

Yang'anani pansipa pazitsanzo zapadera za mapaki abuluu aku America omwe ali pachiwopsezo ndi ndemangayi. Ndipo chofunika kwambiri, perekani ndemanga zanu lero ndi kuteteza chuma chathu cham'madzi. Ndemanga ziyenera kuperekedwa pofika pa Ogasiti 15.

Papahānaumokuākea

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Chipilala chakutalichi ndi chimodzi mwa zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - kuphatikiza pafupifupi masikweya mailosi 583,000 a Pacific Ocean. Matanthwe okulirapo amakopa mitundu yopitilira 7,000 ya m'madzi monga akamba obiriwira omwe akuwopsezedwa ndi amonke a ku Hawaii.
Northeast Canyons ndi Seamounts

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Chotambasula pafupifupi masikweya mailosi 4,900 - osakulirapo kuposa dziko la Connecticut - chipilalachi chili ndi mitsinje yambiri ya pansi pamadzi. Ndi kwawo kwa zaka mazana ambiri a coral akale ngati korali wakuda wakuda wa m'nyanja zakale zaka 4,000 zapitazo.
Islands Channel

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Pafupi ndi gombe la ku California pali malo osungiramo zinthu zakale odzadza ndi mbiri yakuzama yam'madzi komanso zamoyo zosiyanasiyana. Malo opatulika a m'madziwa ndi amodzi mwa malo akale kwambiri a buluu, omwe amakhala ndi ma kilomita 1,490 amadzi - opereka malo odyetsera nyama zakutchire monga anamgumi amvi.


Zowonjezera Zithunzi: NOAA, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Wikipedia