Bafuputsi ba Fumana Leseli la Bohlokoa ho Lekunutu la Sawfish Mating

Tallahassee, Florida. La 13 Mmesa 2017. Ka lekhetlo la pele lilemong tse 17 tsa lipatlisiso tse entsoeng Florida, bo-rasaense ba sibollotse sebaka sa ho tsoallana sa Smalltooth sawfish e kotsing. Nakong ea leeto la pele la April ho ea sebakeng se ka morao sa metsi a sa tebang sa Everglades National Park, sehlopha sa bafuputsi se ile sa tšoara, sa tšoaea le ho lokolla li- sawfish tse tharo tse khōlō (e le 'ngoe e tona le e tšehali tse peli) sebakeng seo pele se neng se tsejoa ka ho khetheha e le sebaka sa bolulo sa li-sawfish. Ka boraro ba tsona li ne li e-na le maqeba a ikhethang, ao ho bonahalang a ile a tsoela pele nakong ea ho tlolelana ha liphoofolo, a tšoanang le meno a linkong tsa liphoofolo tse kang sakha. Sehlopha se kenyelletsa bo-rasaense ba tsoang Univesithing ea Florida State (FSU) le National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) ba etsang lipatlisiso tse tsoelang pele tse lumelletsoeng tlas'a Molao oa Likokoanyana tse Kotsing (ESA) ho lekola bophelo bo botle ba palo ea sawfish.

"Ke khale re nahana hore ho nyalana ha sawfish ke khoebo e thata, empa re ne re e-so ka re bona likotsi tse ncha tse amanang le ho tlolelana ha morao tjena, kapa bopaki leha e le bofe ba hore ho etsahala libakeng tseo re neng re ithuta tsona haholo-holo e le libaka tsa ho hōlisa lihlapi," ho boletse. Dr. Dean Grubbs, Motsamaisi e Moholo oa Lipatlisiso bakeng sa Laboratori ea Lebopo la Lebopo le Leoatleng la FSU. "Ho fumana hore na li-sawfish li kopane hokae le neng, le hore na li etsa joalo ka bobeli kapa li kopane, ho bohlokoa ho utloisisa nalane ea bophelo ba tsona le tikoloho ea tsona."

Bo-rasaense ba ile ba tšehetsa maikutlo a bona ka litlhahlobo tsa ultrasound le li-hormone tse bontšang hore basali ba ne ba itokisetsa ho ima. Bafuputsi ba Florida ba tšoere sawfish e tona le e tšehali ka makhetlo a 'maloa feela, le libakeng tse' maloa.

"Kaofela re thabile haholo ka tsoelopele ena e kholo boitekong ba rona ba ho sibolla mekhoa e makatsang ea ho nyalana ha sawfish," ho boletse Tonya Wiley, Mong'a le Mopresidente oa Haven Worth Consulting ea nang le boiphihlelo ba lilemo tse 16 a ithuta sawfish. “Le hoja karolo e khōlō ea Florida e ka Boroa-bophirimela e khethiloe e le ‘sebaka se mahlonoko’ sa smalltooth sawfish, tšibollo ena e totobatsa bohlokoa bo ikhethang ba Everglades National Park bakeng sa paballo le ho hlaphoheloa ha mefuta ena.”

The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) e ne e thathamisitsoe e le Kotsing tlas'a ESA ka 2003. Tlas'a boeta-pele ba NOAA, lethathamo lena le ile la etsa hore ho be le tšireletso e matla ea federal bakeng sa mefuta, litšireletso bakeng sa bolulo bo boima, moralo o pharaletseng oa ho hlaphoheloa, le lipatlisiso tse laoloang ka hloko.

Sonja Fordham, Mopresidente oa Shark Advocates International, e leng morero oa The Ocean Foundation, o itse: "Florida sawfish e na le tsela e telele ea ho hlaphoheloa, empa tsoelo-pele e thabisang ho fihlela joale e fana ka thuto le tšepo bakeng sa batho ba bang ba kotsing ea ho timela lefatšeng ka bophara." “Liphuputso tse ncha li ka thusa boiteko ba ho sireletsa li- sawfish linakong tse mahlonoko, empa hape li totobatsa tlhokahalo ea ho sireletsa tsamaiso ea lirapa tse tiisang hore ho na le sebaka se loketseng sa bolulo, ho tšehetsoa ka lichelete bakeng sa lipatlisiso, le molao o akaretsang o entseng hore ho be le katleho ho tla fihlela joale.”

Ikopanye le: Durene Gilbert
(850)-697-4095, [imeile e sirelelitsoe]

Lintlha ho bahlophisi:
US smalltooth sawfish background: http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/smalltooth-sawfish.html
Ngaka Grubbs, Mme Wiley, le Mofumahadi Fordham ba sebetsa Sehlopheng sa Tshebetso sa NOAA sa Sawfish Recovery. Mesebetsi ea lipatlisiso e boletsoeng ka holimo e entsoe tlas'a tumello ea ESA #17787 le tumello ea ENP EVER-2017-SCI-022.
Qetellong ea 2016, Dr. Grubbs o tlalehile tlhokomeliso ea pele ea tsoalo ea sawfish (e tlalehiloeng Bahamas: https://marinelab.fsu.edu/aboutus/around-the-lab/articles/2016/sawfish-birth).
Letlole la Paballo la Disney le ts'ehetsa projeke e kopaneng ea sawfish ea Shark Advocates International le Haven Worth Consulting. Basebetsi ba Disney ba kentse letsoho leetong la sawfish la April 2017.