ROATÁN, Honduras - Ka Letsatsi la Lefatše la Tikoloho, la 5 Phuptjane, sawfish e kotsing e kholo ea ho timela e ile ea fumana mokhoa oa bophelo ha linaha tsa Caribbean li lumellana ka ntsoe-leng ho kenya mofuta ona ho Annex II ea Protocol e Khethehileng ea Libaka tse Sirelelitsoeng le Liphoofolo tse hlaha (SPAW) tlasa Kopano ea Cartagena. Mebuso ea litho tse leshome le metso e supileng ka hona e tlamehile ho beha ts'ireletso e tiileng ea naha bakeng sa mofuta ona le ho sebelisana le libaka ho khutlisa baahi.

Olga Koubrak, moeletsi oa molao oa Sealife Law, o itse: "Re thabetse hore mebuso e tsoang ka mose ho Caribbean e bone bohlokoa ba ho pholosa tlhapi ea sawfish e tsebahalang le e ke keng ea khutlisoa hore e se ke ea timela. Litlhapi tsa Sawfish ke tse ling tsa liphoofolo tsa metsing tse kotsing ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng 'me li hloka tšireletso e tiileng ea molao hohle moo li leng teng.

Mefuta eohle e mehlano ea sawfish lefatšeng ka bophara e khetholloa e le kotsing kapa e kotsing e kholo tlas'a Lethathamo le Lefubelu la IUCN. Largetooth le smalltooth sawfish li kile tsa atile Caribbean empa joale li se li felile haholo. Smalltooth sawfish e kentsoe ho SPAW Annex II ka 2017. Linaha tsa Caribbean tseo ho nahanoang hore li ntse li e-na le sawfish metsing a tsona li kenyeletsa Bahamas, Cuba, Colombia le Costa Rica. Boemo ba ts'ireletso ea naha ea sawfish boa fapana, leha ho le joalo 'me matsapa a paballo ea libaka a haella.

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"Qeto ea kajeno e nepahetse ebile e amohelehile, kaha nako ea sawfish e ea fela," ho boletse Sonja Fordham, mopresidente oa Shark Advocates International. "Katleho ea mohato ona e itšetlehile ka ts'ebetsong e potlakileng le e matla ea boitlamo bo amanang le paballo. Re leboha Netherlands ka ho sisinya lethathamo la li-sawfish mme re khothaletsa ho tsoelapele ho sebelisana le bona ho netefatsa hore mananeo a ts'ireletso ea sawfish a ntlafatsoa ho pholletsa le Caribbean pele e e-ba morao haholo."

E fumaneha lefatšeng ka bophara metsing a futhumetseng, sawfish e ka hola ho fihla ho limithara tse ka bang 20. Joaloka mahlaseli a mang, litekanyetso tse tlaase tsa ho ba le bana li ba siea ba le kotsing e ikhethang ea ho tšoasa litlhapi ho feta tekano. Ho tšoasa ka tšohanyetso ke tšokelo e ka sehloohong ho li-sawfish; linko tsa tsona tse tletseng meno li tšoasoa habonolo matlooang. Leha ho na le ts'ireletso e ntseng e eketseha, likarolo tsa sawfish li sebelisoa bakeng sa curios, lijo, meriana le li-cockfighting. Ho senyeha ha libaka tsa bolulo ho boetse ho beha bophelo kotsing.

Sealife Law (SL) e tlisa litaba tsa molao le thuto ho paballo ea maoatle. Shark Advocates International (SAI) e ntšetsa pele maano a mahlale a lishaka le mahlaseli. SL le SAI li ikopantse le bafuputsi ba marine ba Havenworth Coastal Conservation (HCC), CubaMar le Florida State University ho theha selekane sa Caribbean sawfish, se tšehetsoang ke Shark Conservation Fund.

SAI, HCC le CubaMar ke merero ea The Ocean Foundation.