IVeki yoLwandlekazi yaseCapitol Hill yowama-2022 (CHOW), ebanjwe ukususela nge-7 kaJunith ukuya 9th, wawunomxholo othi “Ulwandle: Ikamva.”

ICapitol Hill Ocean Week yinkomfa yaminyaka le eququzelelwa yiNational Marine Sanctuaries Foundation yaqala ngo-2001. UKris Sarri, iCEO kunye noMongameli weNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation, wamkele abathathi-nxaxheba kwakhona ngokobuqu okokuqala emva kweminyaka emibini, ngelixa enikezela ukhetho olufikelelekayo lwenyani. USihlalo wesizwe, uFrancis Gray, wavula ngentsikelelo yendabuko yePiscataway njengoko inkomfa yayibanjelwe kwiindawo zabo zooyise.

Ukubhiyozela iminyaka engama-50 yolondolozo nokhuseleko lolwandle nonxweme, igqiza lokuqala lale nkomfa laxubusha amaza owiso-mthetho e-United States olwenzeka ngowe-1972 luqaqambisa imingeni ekhoyo ngoku ukuqhubeka kolondolozo phantsi koMthetho woKhuseleko lweMammal yaseLwandle, uMthetho woLawulo lweNdawo yoNxweme, kunye noKhuseleko lwaseLwandle. , uMthetho woPhando kunye neeNdawo eziNgcwele. Iphaneli elandelayo, Ukutya okuvela eLwandle, yathetha ngokubaluleka kokutya okuluhlaza (ukutya okuvela kwizilwanyana zasemanzini, izityalo, okanye i-algae), amalungelo emveli kukhuseleko lokutya, kunye nendlela yokuphumeza oku kutya okuluhlaza kwizigqibo zomgaqo-nkqubo kwihlabathi jikelele.

Iseshoni yokugqibela yosuku lokuqala ibikumandla acocekileyo, ahlaziyekayo ngokomoya ovela ngaselunxwemeni kunye nendlela iMelika enokuthi ikwazi ngayo ukufikelela kwimpumelelo yamazwe aseYurophu ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji eyodwa edadayo. Abathathi-nxaxheba baphinde bafumana ithuba lokuzimasa iiseshini ezahlukeneyo zokuqhambuka, umzekelo, iseshoni enye ebizinyaswe yabiza ii-aquariums ukuba zisebenzise impembelelo yazo eluntwini, naphakathi kwabaphulaphuli abancinci, ukwazisa nokufundisa ngolondolozo lolwandle. 

Usuku lwesibini lwaqala nge-NOAA evakalisa ukuba ukutyunjwa kwe-Hudson Canyon yelizwe lolwandle kunye nokwamkelwa kokutyunjwa kwe-Alaĝum Kanuux̂ kwi-Aleut Community yaseSt. Iiphaneli ezimbini zokuqala zosuku zigxininise ukuzisa ulwazi lwasentshona kunye nemveli kunye, kunye nokujongana nendlela yokukhuthaza uthethathethwano loluntu lwemveli kunye nokuzimela ukuze balawule indalo yabo yaselunxwemeni.

Iphaneli yeNguquko yoShishino lwangaphantsi kwamanzi ixoxe ngokukhuthaza uqoqosho oluluhlaza ngelixa ifumana intsebenziswano kurhulumente, uluntu lwemveli, abafundi, amashishini, nokunye. Iiphaneli ezimbini zokugqibela zosuku zijonge phambili kwiMelika iNyathelo eliMhle kunye nendlela imithetho ethile, efana ne-MMPA, enokuguqulwa ngayo ukuze isebenze ngakumbi kule mihla. Kuyo yonke imini, iiseshini zokuqhawuka ziqhubekile nokujongana noluhlu lwezihloko ezifana netekhnoloji entsha yokuthintela uhlaselo lwesikhephe saseNorth Atlantic Right Whale kunye nendlela yokuqhubela phambili iyantlukwano, ukubandakanywa, kunye nobulungisa kulondolozo lwaselwandle. 

IVeki yoLwandlekazi iCapitol Hill yayilithuba elihle kwabo bakummandla wolwandle ukuba bahlangane ngokobuqu okokuqala kwiminyaka emibini.

Ibonelele abathathi-nxaxheba ngesakhono sokunxibelelana kunye nokuzibandakanya neengcali zolwandle kunye neengcali ezinolwazi ezisebenza kulondolozo lolwandle. Ugxininiso olubalulekileyo lwabekwa kwimfuno yentsebenziswano kunye neyantlukwano xa sijonge phambili kulondolozo lolwandle ngo-2022 nangaphaya.

Ezinye iingcebiso zomthetho kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wenoveli ezithiwe thaca ngabadlali bephaneli yayiyimigaqo-nkqubo exhasa amalungelo kwi-ecosystem enempilo kwinqanaba likarhulumente, ukuqonda ulwandle njengento ephilayo enamalungelo endalo, kunye nokubamba iinkampani eziphendulayo malunga neempembelelo zabo kwimozulu kunye ne-SEC ecetywayo yokwenza imithetho ekubhengezweni. . U-Nell Minow ucebise ukuba nawuphi na umthathi-nxaxheba onomdla ujonge kwiwebhusayithi ye-ValueEdge Advisors malunga nendlela yokufaka izimvo kunye ne-SEC malunga nokuchazwa kwemozulu. Ndiyacela tyelela iwebsite yabo ukufunda ngakumbi malunga SEC kunye nohlaziyo inkqubo rulemaking. 

Phantse zonke iiphaneli zinokudityaniswa kumanyathelo eSiseko se-Ocean kunye neminye imisebenzi yeprojekthi.

Ezi zijongana neBlue Resilience, i-Ocean Acidification, i-Sustainable Blue Economy, kunye nokulwa nongcoliseko lweplastiki yaselwandle ngokuyilwa ngokutsha njengeendlela zokujongana nezoyikiso ezinzima kwiilwandle zethu eziye zaqwalaselwa ngexesha le-CHOW 2022. Sijonge phambili, i-Ocean Foundation's summer legal intern, Danielle Jolie, usebenza kwiprojekthi entsha emalunga nolondolozo lwe-Arctic Ocean.

Ukutshintsha kwemozulu kukhokelela kutshintsho olothusayo kuLwandlekazi lweArctic njengokulahleka komkhenkce wolwandle, ukwanda kweentlobo ezihlaselayo, kunye neasidi yolwandle. Ukuba amanyathelo asebenzayo olondolozo lwezizwe ngezizwe kunye nemimandla emininzi yolawulo akathathwa, ngoko ke i-Arctic marine ecosystems iya kwenzakala ngokungenakulungiseka. Eli phepha lizayo liza kujongana nolawulo olusekwe kwi-ecosystem ye-Arctic enxulumana noTshintsho lweMozulu, ungcoliseko lweplastiki, ishumi leminyaka le-UN leNzululwazi yoLwandle loPhuhliso oluZinzileyo, kunye nokucwangciswa kwendawo yaselwandle equka ukubekela bucala iindawo zaselwandle ezikhuselweyo zelifa lemveli nenkcubeko (UCH). Ukuze ufumane inkcazelo engakumbi ngamaphulo e-Ocean Foundation, nceda undwendwele oceanfdn.org/initiatives.  

Cofa apha ngolwazi oluthe vetshe ngeVeki yoLwandlekazi yaseCapitol ngo-2022. Zonke iiseshini zarekhodwa kwaye ziyafumaneka simahla kwiwebhusayithi ye-CHOW.