Ho Lekola Litholoana:

Lilemong tse supileng tse fetileng, re ile ra siama ka lefu la ba 11 ba ileng ba shoela ho phatloha ha Deepwater Horizon, 'me ra shebella ka tšabo e ntseng e hola ha noka ea oli e tšoloha ho tsoa botebong ba Kou ea Mexico ho leba ho a mang a metsi a mangata ka ho fetisisa k'honthinenteng ea rona. Joaloka kajeno, e ne e le selemo 'me mefuta-futa ea bophelo e ne e ruile haholo.  

Atlantic bluefin tuna e ne e falletse moo ho ea tsoala 'me e ne e le nakong ea nako ea pelehi. Li-dolphin tsa bottlenose li ile tsa tsoala mathoasong a mariha 'me kahoo ba banyenyane le ba baholo ba ile ba pepeseha, haholo-holo Bataria Bay, e' ngoe ea libaka tse amehileng haholo. E ne e le nako ea lihlaha tse phahameng haholo bakeng sa li-pelican tse sootho. Mepopotlo ea oyster e phetseng hantle, e behang litholoana e ne e ka fumanoa habonolo. Likepe tsa likhohlo li ne li ts'oara li-shrimp tse sootho le tse ling. Linonyana tse fallang li ne li khefutsa libakeng tse mongobo ha li ea libakeng tsa tsona tsa lehlabula. Palo e ikgethang ya maruarua a sa tlwaelehang a Bryde's (a bitswang Broo-dus) a fepelwang botebong ba Kou ya Kou, e leng lona feela leruarua la baleen la selemo ho pota Koung.  

Qetellong, sebaka sa bolulo sa tuna se neng se tletse oli feela se ne se ka ba lisekoere-k'hilomithara tse limilione tse 3.1. Dr. Barbara Block oa Tag-A-Giant le Univesithi ea Stanford o itse, "Baahi ba tuna ba bluefin Koung ea Mexico ba 'nile ba loanela ho tsosolosa maemo a bophelo bo botle ka lilemo tse fetang 30," Block o itse. "Litlhapi tsena ke palo e ikhethang ea liphatsa tsa lefutso, 'me kahoo khatello ea kelello e kang ho qhalana ha oli ea Deepwater Horizon, le haeba e nyenyane, e ka ba le liphello tsa boemo ba baahi. Ho thata ho lekanya ho hira batho ho tsoa Koung ea Mexico ka mor'a 2010, kaha litlhapi li nka nako e telele ho kena sebakeng sa khoebo moo ho hlahlojoang, kahoo re lula re tšoenyehile."¹

NOAA e entse qeto ea hore maruarua a ka tlaase ho 100 a Bryde a setse Koung ea Mexico. Le hoja li sirelelitsoe tlas'a Molao oa Tšireletso ea Liphoofolo tsa Leoatleng, NOAA e batla lethathamo le eketsehileng tlas'a Molao oa Likokoana-hloko tse Kotsing bakeng sa maruarua a Gulf of Mexico Bryde.

Ho bonahala ho ntse ho e-na le ngongoreho e ntseng e tsoela pele mabapi le ho hlaphoheloa ha li-shrimp, mafika a oyster, le mefuta e meng e khahlang ea khoebo le ea boithabiso ea metsi a letsoai. “Ho tlotsoa ka oli” ha joang ba leoatle le libaka tsa mokhoabo ho ile ha bolaea limela tse kolobileng, ho siea libaka tse kotsing ea ho khoholeha, ho mpefatsang mokhoa oa nako e telele. Lipalo tsa ho ba le bana ba li-dolphin tsa Bottlenose li bonahala li theohile haholo-'me ho bonahala eka ho shoa ha li-dolphin tse hōlileng tsebong ho phahame. Ka bokhutšoanyane, lilemo tse supileng hamorao, Kou ea Mexico e sa ntse e le boemong bo botle haholo.

Limilione tse makholo tsa lidolara li tšollela sebakeng sa Gulf ho tsoa licheleteng tsa lichelete le lichelete tse lefshoang ke BP bakeng sa tsosoloso ea litekanyetso tsa moruo le tsa tikoloho ea Kou. Rea tseba hore ho tsoela pele ho beha leihlo ho bohlokoa kutloisisong ea rona ea litlamorao tse felletseng tsa mefuta ena ea likoluoa ​​​​le boiteko ba rona ba ho khutlisetsa litsamaiso. Baetapele ba sechaba sa lehae ba utloisisa hore le hoja chelete e kenang ea chelete e le ea bohlokoa 'me e thusitse haholo, boleng bo feletseng ba Kou le mekhoa ea eona ha bo joalo ka lilemo tse 7 tse fetileng. Ke ka lebaka leo re tlamehang ho ba hlokolosi mabapi le tumello ea mekhoa efe kapa efe e khaoletsang lits'ebetsong tse ileng tsa thehoa ho leka ho thibela ho phatloha ho joalo ho etsahala hape. Tahlehelo ea bophelo ba batho le liphello tsa nako e telele metseng ea batho le ea maoatleng ka ho tšoanang ha li tšoanele phaello ea nakoana ea moruo ea ba seng bakae ka litšenyehelo tsa limilione.

¹ Ngaka 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/