Aleutians Inofanirwa Kuve Yekutanga National Marine Sanctuary yeAlaska

Washington, DC - The Aleutian Islands marine ecosystem inofanirwa kudomwa seAlaska yekutanga National Marine Sanctuary, sekudomwa kuri pamutemo kunotungamirwa nePublic Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) uye akati wandei eAlaska nemasangano ezvekuchengetedzwa kwemakungwa. Kunyangwe inopfuura hafu yenyika dzeAlaska dzichiwana dziviriro yemubatanidzwa zvachose, hapana kana imwe yemvura yemubatanidzwa yeAlaska inowana chimiro chekudzivirira chakafanana.

Iyo Aleutians marine ecosystem ndeimwe yeakanyanya kukosha ecology papasi, inotsigira huwandu hukuru hwemhuka dzemugungwa, shiri dzegungwa, hove nehove murudzi uye imwe yehukuru kose kupi pasirese. Zvakadaro, mvura yeAleutian inotarisana nekutyisidzira kwakakomba uye kuri kukura kubva pakuredza zvakanyanya, kusimudzira oiri uye gasi uye kuwedzera kwekutakura nedziviriro shoma. Kutyisidzirwa uku kunowedzerwawo nekukura kuri kuita shanduko yemamiriro ekunze, kusanganisira kukwira kwemwero wegungwa uye acidification yegungwa.

"VaAleutians ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzinoshamisa uye dzinobereka zvisikwa zvemugungwa pasi rose asi zvave kuderera kwemakumi emakore, uye zvinoda kutariswa kwedu nekukurumidza," akadaro Richard Steiner, nhengo yePEER Board of Directors uye purofesa wepaUniversity yeAlaska akarega basa. yekuchengetedzwa kwemakungwa. "Kana hutongi hwaObama hwakanyanya kutora matanho makuru, akashinga kuchengetedza makungwa edu, ino ndiyo nzvimbo uye ino ndiyo nguva. Nzvimbo yeAleutians National Marine Sanctuary yaizounza nhanho dzakabatanidzwa, dzechigarire uye dzinoshanda kumisa kuwedzera kuparara uye kutanga kudzoreredza iyi inoshamisa yegungwa.

Nzvimbo tsvene yainzi ichange iine mvura dzese dzemubatanidzwa pazvitsuwa zvese zveAleutian Islands (kubva pa3 kusvika 200 nautical mamaira kuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba kwezvitsuwa) kuenda kuAlaska mainland, kusanganisira mvura dzemubatanidzwa kubva kuPribilof Islands neBristol Bay, nzvimbo inosvika 554,000 square. nautical mamaira, zvichiita kuti ive nzvimbo yakakura kwazvo yakachengetedzwa mugungwa munyika, uye imwe yenzvimbo huru munyika.

Kutanga kwegore rino, hutongi hwaObama hwakaratidza kufarira kwavo kufadza kudomwa kwenzvimbo itsva dzinokosha dzemugungwa kubva kune veruzhinji. Kunyange hurongwa hwekudomwa kwekupedzisira senzvimbo yezvikepe zvichitora mwedzi yakawanda, kudomwa kunogona kumisa nhanho yekukurumidza kudomwa sechiyeuchidzo chenyika neMutungamiri Obama pasi peAntiquities Act. Nyamavhuvhu uno, akashandisa simba rekutonga iri kuwedzera Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (yakatanga kugadzwa neMutungamiri GW Bush) kusvika 370,000 square nautical miles, nokudaro vachigadzira imwe yenzvimbo huru dzepasi rose dzakachengetedzwa. 

Svondo rapfuura, Mutungamiri Obama vakawedzera kubviswa kwedunhu reBristol Bay kubva kumahombekombe emafuta ekurenda, asi izvi zvinosiya kuvhura tarisiro yekuti Congress kana hutongi hwemangwana hunogona kuvhura nzvimbo iyi. Kududzwa kwenzvimbo tsvene uku kwaizonyatsorambidza kuita kwakadai.

Iyo yazvino National Marine Sanctuary System inetiweki yenzvimbo gumi neina dzakachengetedzwa dzemugungwa dzinofukidza anopfuura 14 square mamaira kubva kuFlorida Keys kuenda kuAmerican Samoa, kusanganisira Thunder Bay paLake Huron. Iko hakuna National Marine Sanctuary mumvura yeAlaska. VaAleutians vaizova vekutanga.

“Kana Midwest iri dengu rechingwa reAmerica, saka vaAleutian ibhasiketi rehove reAmerica; US Marine Conservation Strategy haichagoni kufuratira Alaska, "akadaro PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, achiona kuti hafu yenyika yese yemahombekombe uye zvikamu zvitatu kubva muzvina zvesherufu yedu yekondinendi yese zviri muAlaska nepo 200-mamaira Exclusive Economic Zone inodarika kaviri. saizi yenzvimbo yeAlaska. "Pasina kupindira kwekuchengetedza nyika kwenguva pfupi, veAleutians vakatarisana netarisiro yekuparara kwezvakatipoteredza."

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