Amazwe aseCaribbean aVumelana ngokuKhusela iLargetooth Sawfish eseMngciphekweni wokuTshabalala

I-ROATÁN, i-Honduras - Ngomhla we-World Environment Day, i-5 Juni, i-largetooth sawfish esengozini kakhulu yafumana i-lifeline njengoko amazwe ase-Caribbean avuma ngamxhelo ukongeza iintlobo zezilwanyana kwiSihlomelo II seNdawo eziKhuselweyo eziKhethekileyo kunye ne-Wildlife (SPAW) phantsi kweNgqungquthela yaseCartagena. Oorhulumente abangamalungu alishumi elinesixhenxe ke ngoko babophelelekile ukuba banyanzelise ukhuseleko olungqongqo lwesizwe kuhlobo kwaye basebenzisane kwingingqi ukubuyisela abantu.

“Siyavuya kuba oorhulumente abasuka kuzo zonke iiCaribbean balibonile ixabiso lokusindisa i-sawfish ebonakalayo nengenakuphinda ibuyiselwe ekubeni itshabalale ngakumbi,” utshilo u-Olga Koubrak, umcebisi wezomthetho weSealife Law. I-Sawfish iphakathi kwezona zilwanyana zaselwandle ezisengozini yokuphela kwaye zifuna ukhuseleko olungqongqo olusemthethweni naphi na apho zihlala khona.

Zonke iintlobo ezintlanu zeesawfish kwihlabathi jikelele zihlelwa njengezisengozini okanye zisengozini yokuphela phantsi koLuhlu oluBomvu lwe-IUCN. I-Largetooth kunye ne-smalltooth sawfish yayikade ixhaphakile kwi-Caribbean kodwa ngoku iyancipha kakhulu. I-smalltooth sawfish yongezwa kwi-SPAW Annex II ngo-2017. Amazwe e-Caribbean acingelwa ukuba asenayo i-sawfish emanzini awo aquka i-Bahamas, i-Cuba, i-Colombia kunye ne-Costa Rica. Inqanaba lokhuseleko lwe-sawfish yesizwe liyahluka, nangona kunjalo kwaye amanyathelo olondolozo lwengingqi ayasilela.

“Isigqibo sanamhlanje sifanelekile kwaye samkelekile, njengoko ixesha lihamba ngesarha,” utshilo uSonja Fordham, umongameli weShark Advocates International. “Impumelelo yalo mqathango ixhomekeke ekuphunyezweni ngokukhawuleza nangokuluqilima kwezibophelelo ezinxulumene nolondolozo. Siyayibulela i-Netherlands ngokuphakamisa uluhlu lwe-sawfish kwaye sibongoza ukuqhubeka uthethathethwano ukuqinisekisa ukuba iinkqubo zokhuseleko lwe-sawfish ziyaphuhliswa kulo lonke elaseCaribbean ngaphambi kokuba lishiywe lixesha.

Ifumaneka kwihlabathi kumanzi afudumeleyo, i-sawfish ingakhula ukuya kuma-20 ezinyaweni. Njengeminye imitha, amazinga asezantsi okuzala abashiya besengozini yokuloba ngokugqithisileyo. Ukubanjiswa ngengozi yeyona nto iphambili kwintlanzi yesarha; iimpumlo zabo ezifakwe amazinyo zibanjiswa lula kwiminatha. Ngaphandle kokukhuselwa okunyukayo, iinxalenye ze-sawfish zisetyenziselwa i-curios, ukutya, amayeza kunye ne-cockfighting. Ukonakaliswa kwendawo yokuhlala nako kukubeka emngciphekweni ukusinda.

UMthetho wokuphila kolwandle (i-SL) uzisa ulwazi olusemthethweni kunye nemfundo kulondolozo lolwandle. I-Shark Advocates International (i-SAI) iqhubela phambili imigaqo-nkqubo esekelwe kwisayensi yookrebe kunye nemitha. I-SL kunye ne-SAI baye bajoyina abaphandi baselwandle abavela e-Havenworth Coastal Conservation (HCC), CubaMar kunye neFlorida State University ukuze benze umanyano lwe-Caribbean sawfish, oluxhaswa yiNgxowa-mali yoLondolozo lweeShark.

I-SAI, HCC kunye neCubaMar ziiprojekthi ze-The Ocean Foundation.