Kuyang'anira Zotsatira:

Zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo, tidalira maliro a anthu 11 omwe adamwalira kuphulika kwa Deepwater Horizon, ndipo tidayang'ana mowopsa kwambiri pamene mtsinje wamafuta utsanulidwa kuchokera pansi pa nyanja ya Gulf of Mexico kupita kumadzi ochuluka kwambiri a kontinenti yathu. Monga lerolino, kunali masika ndipo mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zamoyo inali yolemera kwambiri.  

Atlantic bluefin tuna anali atasamukira kumeneko kuti adzabereke ndipo anali pachimake pa nyengo yobereketsa. Ma dolphin a bottlenose anali atabereka kumayambiriro kwa nyengo yachisanu ndipo motero ana ndi akulu anaonekera, makamaka ku Bataria Bay, amodzi mwa malo omwe anakhudzidwa kwambiri. Inali nthawi yochuluka kwambiri yomanga zisa za mapelicans abulauni. Matanthwe athanzi a oyster atha kupezeka mosavuta. Maboti a shrimp anali atagwira zofiirira ndi zina. Mbalame zosamuka zinkaima kaye m’madambo popita ku malo awo okhala m’chilimwe. Chiwerengero chapadera cha anamgumi osowa a Bryde's (otchedwa Broo-dus) omwe amadyetsedwa pansi pa nyanja ya Gulf, nangumi yekhayo yemwe amakhala chaka chonse ku Gulf.  

Pamapeto pake, malo okhala nsomba zodzaza mafuta okha anali pafupifupi masikweya kilomita 3.1 miliyoni. Dr. Barbara Block wa Tag-A-Giant ndi yunivesite ya Stanford adati, "Chiwerengero cha nsomba za bluefin ku Gulf of Mexico chakhala chikuvutikira kuti chikhale ndi thanzi labwino kwa zaka zoposa 30," adatero Block. "Nsombazi ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi majini, choncho zodetsa nkhawa monga kutayika kwa mafuta a Deepwater Horizon, ngakhale zazing'ono, zingakhale ndi zotsatira za chiwerengero cha anthu. Ndikovuta kuyeza kuchuluka kwa anthu ochokera ku Gulf of Mexico pambuyo pa 2010, chifukwa nsomba zimatenga nthawi yayitali kuti zilowe muusodzi wamalonda komwe kumayang'aniridwa, choncho tidakali ndi nkhawa."¹

NOAA yatsimikiza kuti nsomba za Bryde zosakwana 100 zatsala ku Gulf of Mexico. Ngakhale amatetezedwa pansi pa Marine Mammal Protection Act, NOAA ikufuna mindandanda yowonjezera pansi pa Endangered Species Act ku Gulf of Mexico Bryde's whales.

Zikuoneka kuti pali kudera nkhawa za kubwezeretsedwa kwa shrimp, ma oyster reef, ndi mitundu ina yazamalonda ndi zosangalatsa zamchere zamchere. "Kuthira mafuta" kwa udzu wa m'nyanja ndi m'madera a madambo kunapha zomera zomwe zakhazikika pa dothi, kusiya madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha kukokoloka, zomwe zikuwonjezera chizolowezi chomwe chatenga nthawi yayitali. Ziŵerengero zoberekera za dolphin za Bottlenose zikuwoneka kuti zatsika kwambiri-ndipo imfa za dolphin okhwima zikuwoneka kuti zakwera kwambiri. Mwachidule, zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, Gulf of Mexico idakali bwino kwambiri.

Mazana a madola mamiliyoni amatsanulira kudera la Gulf kuchokera ku chindapusa ndi ndalama zolipirira zomwe BP idalipira kuti abwezeretse chuma ndi chilengedwe cha Gulf. Tikudziwa kuti kuwunika kopitilira muyeso ndikofunikira kuti timvetsetse zotsatira za zovuta zamtunduwu komanso zoyesayesa zathu zobwezeretsa machitidwe. Atsogoleri ammudzi amamvetsetsa kuti ngakhale kuti ndalama zowonjezera ndalama ndizofunika kwambiri ndipo zathandiza kwambiri, mtengo wonse wa Gulf ndi machitidwe ake sizomwe zinali zaka 7 zapitazo. Ndipo ndicho chifukwa chake tiyenera kusamala ndi kuvomerezedwa kwa njira zazifupi zilizonse zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa pofuna kuletsa kuphulika kotere kuti zisachitikenso. Kutayika kwa miyoyo ya anthu ndi zotsatira za nthawi yaitali pamagulu a anthu ndi nyanja zam'madzi sizili zoyenera phindu lachuma lachidule la ochepa powononga mamiliyoni ambiri.

¹ Dr. Barbara Block, Stanford News, 30 Sept 2016, http://news.stanford.edu/2016/09/30/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-impacted-bluefin-tuna-spawning-habitat-gulf-mexico/