I-Aleutians kufuneka ibe yindawo yokuqala yaseLwandle yaseAlaska yeSizwe

Washington, DC - I Aleutian Islands zaselwandle ecosystem ifanelwe ukuchongwa njenge Alaska National Marine Sanctuary yokuqala, ngokutsho utyumbo olusesikweni ekhokelwa ngaBaqeshwa Public for Uxanduva lokusiNgqongileyo (PEER) kunye eziliqela Alaska kunye nemibutho yesizwe yolondolozo elwandle. Nangona ngaphezu kwesiqingatha semihlaba ye-Alaska ifumana ukhuseleko olusisigxina, akukho nalinye lamanzi ase-Alaska afumana iwonga lokukhusela.

I-ecosystem yase-Aleutians yaselwandle yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kwindalo emhlabeni, ixhasa abona bantu baninzi bezilwanyana ezincancisayo zaselwandle, iintaka zolwandle, iintlanzi kunye noonokrwece esizweni kwaye yenye yezona zinkulu naphi na emhlabeni. Nangona kunjalo, amanzi ase-Aleutian ajongene nezoyikiso ezinzulu kunye nezikhulayo ezivela ekulobeni ngokugqithisileyo, i-oyile kunye nophuhliso lwegesi kunye nokunyusa ukuthunyelwa kweenqanawa ngokhuseleko oluncinci. Ezi zoyikiso zenziwa mandundu ngenxa yefuthe elikhulayo lokutshintsha kwemozulu, kuquka ukunyuka komphakamo wolwandle kunye neasidi yolwandle.

"I-Aleutians yenye yezona ndawo zimangalisayo kwaye zinemveliso ye-ecosystem emhlabeni kodwa sele iyancipha amashumi eminyaka, kwaye idinga ingqalelo yethu ngokukhawuleza," utshilo uRichard Steiner, ilungu leBhodi yabaLawuli be-PEER kunye nonjingalwazi weYunivesithi yaseAlaska. lolondolozo lwaselwandle. "Ukuba ulawulo luka-Obama luzimisele ngokuthatha amanyathelo amakhulu, anesibindi okulondoloza iilwandle zethu, le yindawo kwaye eli lixesha. I-Aleutians National Marine Sanctuary iza kuzisa amanyathelo adibeneyo, asisigxina kwaye asebenzayo ukunqanda ukuwohloka ngakumbi kwaye iqalise ukubuyisela le nkqubo ingaqhelekanga yolwandle. "

Indawo engcwele ecetywayo iya kuqulatha onke amanzi adityanisiweyo ngakulo lonke iziqithi ze-Aleutian Islands (ukusuka kwi-3 ukuya kwi-200 yeemayile zasemanzini emantla nakumazantsi eziqithi) ukuya kumhlaba we-Alaska, kubandakanywa namanzi omdibaniso ukusuka kwiZiqithi zePribilof kunye neBristol Bay, indawo emalunga ne-554,000 yesikwere. i-nautical miles, iyenza ibe yeyona ndawo ikhuselweyo yaselwandle enkulu esizweni, kwaye yenye yezona ndawo zinkulu emhlabeni.

Ebutsheni balo nyaka, ulawulo luka-Obama lubonise umdla walo ekonwabeni utyumbo lweendawo ezintsha zaselwandle ezibalulekileyo kuzwelonke eluntwini. Ngelixa inkqubo yokutyunjwa kokugqibela njengendawo yaselwandle ithatha iinyanga, ukutyunjwa kunokubeka iqonga lokutyunjwa ngokukhawuleza njengesikhumbuzo sesizwe nguMongameli Obama phantsi koMthetho wezinto zakudala. NgoSeptemba, wasebenzisa eli gunya lolawulo ukwandisa iPacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (eyaqala yasekwa nguMongameli GW Bush) ukuya kwi-370,000 yeekhilomitha zee-nautical miles, ngaloo ndlela idala enye yezona ndawo zikhuselweyo zaselwandle ezinkulu zehlabathi. 

Kwiveki ephelileyo, uMongameli u-Obama wandisa ukurhoxiswa kommandla waseBristol Bay ekuqeshweni kwe-oyile engaselunxwemeni, kodwa oku kushiya ithuba lokuba iCongress okanye ulawulo lwexesha elizayo luyivule kwakhona loo ndawo. Oku kubizwa kwengcwele kuya kukuthintela ngokukodwa isenzo esinjalo.

Inkqubo yangoku yeNational Marine Sanctuary System yinethiwekhi ye-14 yeendawo zaselwandle ezikhuselweyo ezigubungela ngaphezu kwe-170,000 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha ukusuka eFlorida Keys ukuya kwi-American Samoa, kuquka neThunder Bay eLake Huron. Ayikho iNdawo yeSizwe yaseLwandle kumanzi aseAlaska. I-Aleutians yayiza kuba ngabokuqala.

“Ukuba uMbindi-ntshona yingobozi yesonka yaseMelika, ngoko ke ii-Aleutians ziyibhaskithi yentlanzi yaseMelika; Ubuchule bolondolozo lwaselwandle lwase-US alunakuphinda luyihoye i-Alaska, "utshilo uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-PEER uJeff Ruch, ephawula ukuba isiqingatha sonxweme lwesizwe kunye nesithathu-sesine kwishelufu yethu yelizwekazi lonke e-Alaska ngelixa i-200-miles Exclusive Economic Zone ingaphezulu kabini. ubukhulu bomhlaba we-Alaska. "Ngaphandle kongenelelo olusondeleyo lwexesha lolondolozo lwelizwe, abantu base-Aleutians bajongana nethemba lokuwa kwezinto eziphilayo."

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