Amazwe Ase-Caribbean Avuma Ukuvikela I-Largetooth Sawfish Esengozini

I-ROATÁN, e-Honduras – NgoSuku Lomhlaba Lwezemvelo, Juni 5, i-largetooth sawfish esengozini yokushabalala yazuza indlela yokuphila njengoba amazwe ase-Caribbean avumelana ngazwi linye ukungeza lezi zinhlobo ku-Annex II ye-Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol ngaphansi kwe-Cartagena Convention. Ohulumeni abangamalungu ayishumi nesikhombisa baphoqelekile ukuthi babeke ukuvikela okuqinile kukazwelonke kwezinhlobo zezilwane futhi basebenzisane esifundeni ukuze kubuyiselwe abantu.

"Siyajabula ukuthi ohulumeni abavela kulo lonke elaseCaribbean babone ukubaluleka kokusindisa i-largetooth sawfish ephawulekayo futhi engenakushintshwa ekuqothulweni okuqhubekayo kwesifunda," kusho u-Olga Koubrak, umeluleki wezomthetho we-Sealife Law. “Ama-Sawfish aphakathi kwezilwane zasolwandle ezisengozini yokushabalala futhi adinga ngokushesha ukuvikelwa okungokomthetho okuqinile nomaphi lapho ehlala khona.”

Zonke izinhlobo ezinhlanu ze-sawfish emhlabeni wonke zihlukaniswa njengezisengozini noma ezisengozini enkulu ngaphansi kohlu Olubomvu lwe-IUCN. I-Largetooth kanye ne-smalltooth sawfish yake yavamile e-Caribbean kodwa manje isinciphile kakhulu. I-smalltooth sawfish yengezwe ku-SPAW Annex II ngo-2017. Amazwe ase-Caribbean acatshangwa ukuthi asenayo i-sawfish emanzini awo ahlanganisa i-Bahamas, i-Cuba, i-Colombia ne-Costa Rica. Izinga lokuvikelwa kwe-sawfish kazwelonke liyahlukahluka, nokho futhi izinhlelo zokongiwa kwesifunda ziyashoda.

"Isinqumo sanamuhla sifanelekile futhi siyamukeleka, njengoba isikhathi sihamba ngesamaha," kusho uSonja Fordham, umongameli weShark Advocates International. “Impumelelo yalesi sinyathelo incike ekusetshenzisweni ngokushesha nangokuqinile kwezibopho ezihambisana nokongiwa kwemvelo. Sibonga i-Netherlands ngokuphakamisa ukufakwa kuhlu kwe-sawfish futhi sinxusa ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisana ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izinhlelo zokuvikela i-sawfish ziyathuthukiswa kulo lonke elase-Caribbean ngaphambi kokuba kuphuze kakhulu.”

Itholakala emhlabeni wonke emanzini afudumele, i-sawfish ingakhula ibe cishe ngamamitha angu-20. Njengeminye imisebe, izinga lokuzala eliphansi libashiya besengozini yokudoba ngokweqile. Ukubamba ngengozi kuwusongo olukhulu ku-sawfish; izikhala zabo ezifakwe amazinyo zibhajwa kalula amanetha. Naphezu kokuvikela okukhulayo, izingxenye ze-sawfish zisetshenziselwa i-curios, ukudla, imithi kanye nokulwa namaqhude. Ukucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zokuhlala nakho kubeka engcupheni ukusinda.

I-Sealife Law (SL) iletha ulwazi lwezomthetho kanye nemfundo ekongiweni kolwandle. I-Shark Advocates International (SAI) ithuthukisa izinqubomgomo ezisekelwe kwisayensi zoshaka nemisebe. I-SL kanye ne-SAI bahlanganyele nabacwaningi basolwandle abavela e-Havenworth Coastal Conservation (HCC), CubaMar kanye neFlorida State University ukuze bakhe umfelandawonye we-Caribbean sawfish, osekelwa yi-Shark Conservation Fund.

I-SAI, HCC kanye neCubaMar amaphrojekthi e-The Ocean Foundation.