Mapoka anopfuura zana Anopikisa HR 100

January 9, 2018 

Wadiwa nhengo yeDare reZviwanikwa

Tinokukurudzira kuti uvhote "kwete" paHR 3133, bhiri rinogona kukanganisa zvakanyanya Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), kuzvipira kwenyika yedu kuchengetedza mhuka dzese dzemugungwa: whale, ma dolphin, zvisimbiso, shumba dzegungwa, walrus, gungwa. otters, polar bears, uye manatee.

Vachityairwa nearamu yevaAmerica pamusoro pekuderera kwezvipuka zvemugungwa, Congress yakapasisa MMPA nerutsigiro rwakasimba rwemapato maviri, uye Mutungamiri Richard Nixon vakaisaina kuti ive mutemo muna Gumiguru 1972. uye ngarava mumvura dzeUS, pamwe chete nevagari vemuAmerica nemidziyo ine mireza yeUS pamakungwa makuru. Sekushandiswa kwevanhu kwegungwa-kutakura, kubata hove, kusimudzira simba, kudzivirira, migodhi uye kushanya-kuwedzera, kukosha kwekudzivirira nekudzikisa zvinokuvadza kumhuka dzemugungwa kwakatokura kupfuura pakaitwa MMPA makore makumi mana nemashanu apfuura.

Mhuka dzemugungwa dzakakosha kune hutano hwemakungwa, uye tichine zvakawanda zvekudzidza nezvemabasa azvo sezvo mafambisirwo ehupenyu mugungwa ari kunetsa kudzidza pane ari panyika. Somuenzaniso, ma<em>whale makuru—anosanganisira mhuka hurusa dzati dzamborarama pasi pano—anofambisa zvokudya nomunyanza kumativi akakura, achitsigira mamwe marudzi akawanda ezvipenyu zvomugungwa.

Mhuka dzemugungwa dzinobatsirawo zvakanyanya hupfumi hweUS. Nekuchengetedza urchins dzegungwa dzinodya sora uye kuita kuti masango emukelp akure zvakare uye atore carbon dioxide, California sea otters ari kuvandudza nzvimbo dzehove dzekutengesa, kudzivirira mahombekombe kubva mukukukurwa nekuderedza kusimba kwemafungu egungwa, uye kukwevera vashanyi neavo. zvinoyevedza antics. Mabhizinesi ekuona whale ari kubudirira munharaunda yese yemahombekombe muUnited States, aine mabhizimisi anopfuura mazana mana nemakumi mashanu ekuona whale, mamiriyoni mashanu ekuona whale, uye mari inosvika bhiriyoni imwe yemadhora mukushanya kwemahombekombe muna 450 (gore rapfuura iro rine huwandu hwakawanda. zviripo). Zvichakadaro, ma<em>manatee anokwevera vashanyi kuFlorida, kunyanya munguva yechando apo ma<em>manatee anoungana munzvimbo dzinodziya pedyo nezvitubu zvemvura yakachena.

Hapana mhuka imwe chete yemugungwa inowanikwa mumvura yeUS yakatsakatika mumakore makumi mana nemashanu kubvira MMPA yakava mutemo, kunyangwe mabasa evanhu mugungwa akawedzera zvinoshamisa. Uyezve, mhuka dzemugungwa dziri kuita zvirinani mumvura dzeUS, nemhando shoma dziri panjodzi yekutsakatika pano kupfuura mumvura dziri kunze kweUnited States. Nhamba dzinoverengeka dzezvipenyu dzakanga dzadzikira kune dzine ngozi dzakaderera dzakaita fambiro mberi huru mukudzorerwa kwadzo 

vanhu vari pasi pekuchengetedzwa kweMMPA, kusanganisira porpoises muAtlantic uye zvisimbiso zvenzou kuWest Coast. Mhuka idzi dziri kuita nani nekuda kweMMPA, nekudaro kudzivirira kukosha kwekuchengetedzwa pasi peEndangered Species Act (ESA). Huwandu huviri hwehumpback whale hunodya muUnited States, pamwe nekumabvazuva kweNorth Pacific grey whale uye huwandu hwekumabvazuva hweSteller sea lions, dzakavandudza zvakanyanya nerubatsiro rwakawedzerwa rweESA. 
Zvisinei nekubudirira uku, iyo MPA yave kurwiswa zvakanyanya. HR 3133 inotsvaga kusimudzira gakava rekunze kwemafuta uye gasi kuongorora, pamwe nezvimwe zviitiko zveindasitiri mugungwa, nekubvisa dziviriro dziri pamwoyo weMMPA. Bhiri iri raizonetesa zvakanyanya mwero wemutemo wekupa Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs), kudzivirira masayendisiti esangano kuti asade chero rudzi rwekuderedza, kudzikamisa zvakanyanya kutarisisa zvinokanganisa mhuka dzemugungwa, uye kuisa hurongwa hwenguva dzakasimba uye mvumo yemvumo otomatiki. zvinoita kuti zviome, kana kuti zvisingabviri, kuti masayendisiti ape ongororo ipi neipi ine revo yemibato inogona kukuvadza. Migumisiro yakaipa yekuchinja uku kwekuchengetedzwa kwemhuka dzomugungwa yaizova yakakura.

Izvo zvisungo izvo HR 3133 yaizodzikisira zvakakosha pakuchengetedza pasi peMMPA. Kunetswa nemabasa emuindasitiri kunogona kukanganisa maitiro anokosha—akadai sokutsvaka zvokudya, kubereka, uye kuyamwisa—izvo zvinoyamwisa zvomugungwa zvinotsamira pazviri kuti zvirarame nokuberekana. Iyo MMPA inova nechokwadi chekuti zvinokonzeresa zviitiko izvi zvinodzorwa nemazvo uye zvishoma. Kunetesa izvi zvakakosha zvekutsvagisa oiri negasi uye zvimwe zviitiko, sezvinodiwa neHR 3133, zvingaisa mhuka dzemugungwa dzeAmerica mukukuvadzwa zvisina basa uye kuita kuti zvive nyore kuti vanhu vadzo vatyisidzirwe kana kuiswa mungozi mune ramangwana.

Kunyange pasina mhuka dzemugungwa dzemuUS dzakatsakatika, uye dzimwe dzapora, vamwe vakatarisana nematambudziko akanyanya ekuti vararame, kusanganisira mawhale eBryde muGulf yeMexico, mhondi dzenhema muHawaii neWestern North Atlantic, Cuvier's beaked whales mugungwa. kuchamhembe kwePacific, uye iyo Pribilof Island/Eastern Pacific stock yekumusoro fur seals. Mhuka zhinji idzi dziri panjodzi yekufa nekudhumhana kwengarava kana kupinzwa mugiya rekuredza, uye dzese dziri kutarisana nezvinokonzeresa zvinokonzeresa kusagadzikana, kusanganisira ruzha uye kusvibiswa kwegungwa, izvo zvinokanganisa kugona kwavo kubudirira nekuberekana.

Mukuvhara, tinokumbira rutsigiro rwenyu kumutemo wekuchengetedza mubhedha uyu, uye vhoti yenyu "kwete" paHR 3133 muHouse Natural Resources Committee markup mangwana. 

pachokwadi, 
Iwo akasaina 108 mabhizinesi nemasangano 

1. Oceana 
2. Acoustic Ecology Institute 
3. Altamaha Riverkeeper 
4. American Cetacean Society 
5. American Cetacean Society Oregon Chapter 
6. American Cetacean Society Student Coalition 
7. Animal Welfare Institute 
8. Zvirinani Pool Service 
9. Bhuruu Frontier 
10.Blue Sphere Foundation 
11.BlueVoice.org 
12.Center for a Sustainable Coast 
13.Center for Biological Diversity 
14.Center for Whale Research 
15.Cetacean Society International 
16.Chukchi Sea Watch 
17.Vagari Mushandirapamwe Wezvakatipoteredza 
18.Clean Water Action 
19.Climate Law & Policy Project 
20.Coffee Party Savannah 
21.Conservation Law Foundation 
22.Debris Free Oceans 
23.Defenders of Wildlife 
24.Dogwood Alliance 
25.Earth Action, Inc. 
26.Earth Law Center 
27.Kururamisa kwenyika 
28.Eco Goddess 
29.EcoStrings 
30.Endangered Species Coalition 
31.Environmental Caucus, California Democratic Party 
32.Environmental Defense Fund 
33.Kuwana 52 LLC 
34.Food and Farming Forum 
35.Shamwari dzeGungwa Otter 
36.Gotham Whale 
37.Greenpeace USA 
38.Group reEast End 
39.Gulf Restoration Network 
40.Hackensack Riverkeeper 
41.Maoko Mhiri kweJecha / Nyika 
42.Vadyi Venhaka Kumakungwa Edu 
43.Hip Hop Caucus 
44.Humane Society Legislative Fund 
45.Indivisible Fallbrook 
46.Inland Ocean Coalition & Colorado Ocean Coalition 
47.Inland Ocean Coalition / Colorado Ocean Coalition 
48.Institute yeOcean Conservation Science paStony Brook University 
49.International Fund for Animal Welfare 
50.International Marine Mammal Project of Earth island Institute 
51.Chivako Eastsound Studio 
52.League yeVavhoti Vanochengetedza 
53.LegaSeas 
54.Marine Conservation Institute 
55.Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket 
56.Marine Watch International 
57.Mission Blue 
58.Mize Family Foundation 
59.Mystic Aquarium 
60.National Audubon Society 
61.National Parks Conservation Association 
62.Natural Resources Defense Council 
63.Chimiro cheTariro 
64.New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance 
65.NY/NJ Baykeeper 
66.Ocean Conservation Research 
67.Oceanic Preservation Society 
68.One Hundred Miles 
69.One More Generation 
70.Orange County Coastkeeper/ Inland Empire Muchengeti wemvura 
71.Orca Conservancy 
72.Outer Banks Center yeDolphin Research 
73.Pacific Environment 
74.Pacific Marine Mammal Center 
75.PAX Scientific 
76.Power Shift Network 
77.Public Watchdogs 
78.Puget Soundkeeper Alliance 
79.Regenerative Seas 
80.Vafambisi vezvikepe veGungwa 
81.San Diego Hydro 
82.San Fernando Valley Audubon Society 
83.SandyHook SeaLife Foundation (SSF) 
84.Chengetedza Mahombekombe Edu 
85.Save The Bay 
86.Save the Manatee Club 
87.Chengetedza Whales nemakungwa 
88.Seattle Aquarium 
89.Shark Vatariri 
90.Sierra Club 
91.Sierra Club National Marine Team 
92.Sonoma Coast Surfrider 
93.South Carolina Coastal Conservation League 
94.Southern Environmental Law Center 
95.Surfrider Foundation 
96.Sylvia Earle Alliance / Mission Blue 
97.Dolphin Project 
98. Sangano reHumane reUnited States 
99. The Ocean Foundation 
100. The Whale Video Company 
101. Sangano reRenje 
102. Vision Power, LLC. 
103. Washington Environmental Council 
104. Vhiki Consulting 
105. Whale uye Dolphin Kuchengetedza 
106. Whale Scout 
107. Wild Dolphin Project 
108. World Animal Protection (US)