Kupulumutsa Akamba Akunyanja - Kawonedwe ka Intern

Wolemba Campbell Howe, Research Intern, The Ocean Foundation 

Kwa zaka zambiri, Ocean Foundation yakhala yokondwa kukhala ndi akatswiri ofufuza komanso oyang'anira omwe atithandiza kukwaniritsa cholinga chathu ngakhale adaphunzira zambiri zapadziko lapansi. Tapempha ena mwa ophunzirawa kuti afotokoze zomwe adakumana nazo zokhudzana ndi nyanja. Zotsatirazi ndizoyamba pamndandanda wazolemba za TOF intern blog.

Kulowa ku The Ocean Foundation kunakhazikitsa maziko a chidwi changa panyanja. Ndinagwira ntchito ndi TOF kwa zaka zitatu, ndikuphunzira za ntchito zoteteza nyanja ndi mwayi padziko lonse lapansi. Zomwe ndinakumana nazo panyanja m'mbuyomu zinali zoyendera kunyanja komanso kupembedzedwa kwamtundu uliwonse wamadzi am'madzi. Nditaphunzira zambiri za TEDs (zida zopatula kamba), Invasive Lionfish ku Caribbean, komanso kufunikira kwa madambo a Seagrass, ndidayamba kufuna kudziwonera ndekha. Ndidayamba ndikupeza License yanga ya PADI Scuba ndikupita kukasambira ku Jamaica. Ndikukumbukira bwino lomwe tidawona Kamba wa Nyanja ya Hawksbill akudutsa, mopanda mphamvu komanso mwamtendere. Nthawi inafika pamene ndinadzipeza ndekha pamphepete mwa nyanja, makilomita 2000 kuchokera kunyumba, ndikuyang'anizana ndi zenizeni zosiyana.

Paulendo wanga woyamba wolondera usiku ndinadzifunsa ndekha kuti, 'palibe njira yoti ndikwanitse miyezi ina itatu…' Inali maola anayi ndi theka akugwira ntchito molimbika mosayembekezereka. Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti ndisanafike, anali atangowona mayendedwe a akamba ochepa. Usiku umenewo tinakumana ndi Olive Ridley asanu pamene akukwera kuchokera kunyanja kupita kuchisa ndi zisa za ena asanu ndi awiri.

Ndi chisa chilichonse chokhala ndi mazira 70 mpaka 120, iwo mwamsanga anayamba kulemetsa zikwama zathu ndi zikwama zathu pamene tinali kuzisonkhanitsa kaamba ka chitetezo kufikira zitaswa. Titayenda pagombe la gombe la makilomita pafupifupi 2, maola 4.5 pambuyo pake, tinabwerera kumalo osungirako zisa kuti tikakwirirenso zisa zomwe zinapezedwa. Ntchito yotopetsa, yopindulitsa, yodabwitsa kwambiri imeneyi, inakhala moyo wanga kwa miyezi itatu yotsatira. Ndiye ndinafika bwanji kumeneko?

Nditamaliza maphunziro a University of Wisconsin, Madison mu 2011, ndinaganiza kuti ndiyese dzanja langa pachitetezo cha nyanja pamlingo wofunikira kwambiri: m'munda. Nditafufuza, ndinapeza Pulogalamu Yoteteza Kamba Wam'nyanja yotchedwa PRETOMA ku Guanacaste, Costa Rica. PRETOMA ndi yopanda phindu ku Costa Rica yomwe ili ndi makampeni osiyanasiyana omwe amayang'ana kwambiri zachitetezo cha panyanja ndi kafukufuku kuzungulira dzikolo. Amayesetsa kuteteza anthu ambiri ku zilumba za Cocos ndipo amagwira ntchito limodzi ndi asodzi kuti azipha nsomba mokhazikika. Anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi amafunsira kudzipereka, kuchita nawo ntchito kapena kuthandizira pakufufuza. Mu msasa wanga munali anthu 5 aku America, 2 a Spaniards, 1 a Germany ndi 2 a Costa Rica.

Ndinapita kumeneko kumapeto kwa Ogasiti 2011 ngati Wothandizira Ntchito kuti ndikagwire ntchito kugombe lakutali, 19 Km kuchokera kutawuni yapafupi. Mphepete mwa nyanjayo inkatchedwa Playa Caletas ndipo msasawo unali pakati pa malo osungiramo madambo ndi nyanja ya Pacific. Ntchito zathu zinaphatikizapo ntchito zosiyanasiyana: kuyambira kuphika mpaka kukonza matumba oyendayenda mpaka kuyang'anira kuswa kwa hachery. Usiku uliwonse, ine ndi othandizira ena a polojekiti timatenga maola atatu oyendayenda pamphepete mwa nyanja kuti tifufuze akamba am'nyanja omwe amamanga zisa. Mphepete mwa nyanjayi imakonda kupezeka ndi Olive Ridleys, Greens komanso Leatherback yomwe inali pangozi.

Tikakumana ndi njanji, nyali zathu zonse zitazimitsidwa, tinkatsatira njira yomwe imatifikitsa ku chisa, chisa chabodza kapena kamba. Tikapeza zisa za kamba, tinkatenga miyeso yake yonse ndikuyika chizindikiro. Akamba am'nyanja nthawi zambiri amakhala m'malo otchedwa "trance" akamamanga zisa kuti asavutitsidwe ndi magetsi kapena zosokoneza zazing'ono zomwe zingachitike tikamalemba deta. Tikadakhala ndi mwayi, kamba bwenzi akukumba chisa chake ndipo tidatha kuyeza kuzama komaliza kwa chisacho ndikusonkhanitsa mazirawo movutikira pamene amawaikira. Ngati sichoncho, ndiye kuti tikanadikirira pambali pamene kamba adakwirira ndikumanga chisacho asanabwerere kunyanja. Titabwerera kumsasawo, patatha maola 3 mpaka 5, tinkakwirira zisazo mozama mofanana ndi mmene anazipeza.

Moyo wam’misasa unali wovuta. Titayang'anira malo opulumutsirako kwa maola ambiri, zinali zokhumudwitsa kwambiri kupeza chisa chakutali cha gombe, chokumbidwa, chokhala ndi mazira odyedwa ndi raccoon. Zinali zovuta kulondera m’mphepete mwa nyanja n’kufika pachisa chimene munthu wina wopha nyama popanda chilolezo anali atatolera kale. Choipitsitsa kuposa zonse, chinali pamene kamba wa m’nyanja yemwe anali atakula bwinobwino ankasamba m’mphepete mwa nyanja n’kufa chifukwa cha ming’alu yomwe inali m’kati mwake, mwina chifukwa cha ngalawa yopha nsomba. Zochitika izi sizinali zachilendo ndipo zolepheretsa zinali zokhumudwitsa kwa tonsefe. Zina mwa imfa za akamba a m’nyanja, kuyambira mazira mpaka ana aang’ono, zinali zopeŵeka. Zina zinali zosapeŵeka. Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, gulu limene ndinkagwira nalo ntchito linagwirizana kwambiri ndipo aliyense ankatha kuona mmene timasamalirira kupulumuka kwa zamoyo zimenezi.

Mfundo imodzi yochititsa mantha imene ndinaipeza nditagwira ntchito panyanja kwa miyezi ingapo inali yakuti tilombo tating’ono ting’ono timeneti tinali tolimba komanso kuti tifunika kupirira kuti tipulumuke. Zinkawoneka ngati pafupifupi nyama iliyonse kapena nyengo yachilengedwe inali yowopsa. Ngati sanali mabakiteriya kapena nsikidzi, anali skunks kapena raccoon. Zikanakhala kuti sizinali miimba ndi nkhanu zikanamira muukonde wa asodzi! Ngakhale kusintha kwa nyengo kukanatha kutsimikizira ngati anapulumuka maola awo oyambirira. Tizilombo tating'ono, zovuta, zodabwitsazi zinkawoneka kuti zili ndi zovuta zolimbana nazo. Nthawi zina zinali zovuta kuwayang'ana akupita kunyanja, podziwa zonse zomwe angakumane nazo.

Kugwira ntchito pagombe la PRETOMA kunali kopindulitsa komanso kokhumudwitsa. Ndinamva kutsitsimutsidwa ndi chisa chachikulu cha akamba athanzi omwe ankaswedwa ndikuyenda bwino m’nyanja. Koma tonse tinkadziwa kuti mavuto ambiri amene kamba wa m’nyanja amakumana nawo sali m’manja mwathu. Sitinathe kuwongolera ma shrimp omwe amakana kugwiritsa ntchito ma TED. Sitinachepetse kufunika kwa mazira a kamba wa kunyanja amene amagulitsidwa pamsika kuti apeze chakudya. Ntchito yodzipereka m'munda, imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri - palibe kukayika. Koma nthawi zambiri ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti, monga momwe zilili ndi zoyesayesa zonse zoteteza, pali zovuta m'magulu angapo zomwe ziyenera kuthetsedwa kuti zitheke bwino. Kugwira ntchito ndi PRETOMA kunapereka malingaliro pa dziko losungirako zomwe sindinalidziwepo. Ndinali ndi mwayi kuti ndinaphunzira zonsezi ndikukumana ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana za ku Costa Rica, anthu owolowa manja komanso magombe odabwitsa.

Campbell Howe adagwira ntchito yofufuza kafukufuku ku The Ocean Foundation pomwe amamaliza digiri yake ya mbiri yakale ku yunivesite ya Wisconsin. Campbell anathera chaka chake chachiŵiri ku Kenya, kumene ntchito yake ina inali yogwira ntchito m’madera a asodzi ozungulira Nyanja ya Victoria.