I-SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood Conference - New Orleans 2015

nguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli

Njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi ubonile kokunye okuthunyelwe, ngesonto eledlule bengiseNew Orleans ngihambele ingqungquthela ye-SeaWeb Sustainable Seafood. Amakhulu abadobi, ochwepheshe bezokudoba, izikhulu zikahulumeni, abamele i-NGO, abapheki, i-aquaculture nezinye izikhulu zemboni, kanye nezikhulu eziyisisekelo bahlangana ukuze bafunde ngemizamo eqhubekayo yokwenza ukudliwa kwezinhlanzi kuqhubeke kufinyeleleke kuwo wonke amazinga. Ngaya eNgqungqutheleni yokugcina Yezilwane Zasolwandle, eyayise-Hong Kong ngo-2013. Kwakucace bha ukuthi wonke umuntu owayehambele eNew Orleans wayemagange ukubuyela ndawonye ukuze abelane ngolwazi futhi afunde ngemizamo emisha yokusimama. Ngikwabelana nawe lapha okunye okuvelele.

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Kathryn Sullivan.jpgSihole ngenkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaDkt. Kathryn Sullivan, Ngaphansi kukaNobhala Wezohwebo we-Oceans and Atmosphere kanye no-NOAA Administrator. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, kwakunethimba elalihlanganisa uRussell Smith, isekela likanobhala osizayo Wezokudoba Kwamazwe Ngamazwe ku-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, onomthwalo wemfanelo wokwengamela umsebenzi we-NOAA namanye amazwe ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi izinhlanzi zilawulwa ngendlela eqhubekayo. Leli thimba likhulume ngombiko ovela kuQembu LikaMongameli Lomsebenzi Wokulwa Nokukhwabanisa Okungemthetho, Okungabikwanga Nokungalawulwa (IUU) kanye Nokukhwabanisa Kwezilwane Zasolwandle kanye nesu lazo lokuqalisa ukusebenza eselilindelwe ngabomvu. UMongameli u-Obama wayeyalele i-Task Force ukuthi ikhiphe izincomo ngezinyathelo uhulumeni angazithatha ukuze abeke eqhulwini izinyathelo zokubhekana nokudoba kwe-IUU kanye nokuvikela lokhu kudla okubalulekile kanye nezinsiza zemvelo.      

                                                                                                                                                      

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Inonya Kodwa Imnandi, I-Atlantic Lionfish Cookoff yeNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation: Ngobunye ubusuku, sahlangana ukuze sibuke abapheki abayisikhombisa abadumile abavela ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zase-US belungisa i-lionfish ngendlela yabo ekhethekile. Ilungu le-TOF Board of Advisors u-Bart Seaver ubengumphathi womcimbi walo mcimbi, obuklanyelwe ukugqamisa inselele enkulu yokususa uhlobo oluhlaselayo uma seluqalile ukuchuma. Njengoba ilandelwa kwabesifazane abangaphansi kwabayi-10 abalahlwe e-Atlantic e-Florida, i-lionfish manje ingatholakala kulo lonke elase-Caribbean naseGulf of Mexico. Ukukhuthaza ukubanjwa kwazo ukuze zidliwe kungenye yezindlela eziklanyelwe ukubhekana nalesi silwane esizingelayo esilambile. I-lionfish, eyake yaduma ekuhwebeni kwe-aquarium, idabuka e-Pacific Ocean lapho ingeyona inyama edlayo yonke, ezala ngokushesha eseyiphenduke yaba e-Atlantic.

Ngithole lo mcimbi uthakazelisa kakhulu ngoba i-TOF's Cuba Marine Research Programme yenza iphrojekthi yokuphendula lo mbuzo: Yiliphi izinga lomzamo wokususa ngezandla elidingekayo ukuze kuncishiswe inani le-lionfish elihlaselayo e-Cuba, futhi kuncishiswe imiphumela yazo ezinhlotsheni zemvelo nezindawo zokudoba? Lo mbuzo uphendulwe ngaphandle kwempumelelo enkulu kwezinye izindawo, ngoba ukudida imiphumela yabantu kukho kokubili izinhlanzi zomdabu kanye nenani lezinhlanzi zamabhubesi (okungukuthi, ukuzingelwa ngokungemthetho kuma-MPA noma ukudobela ukuziphilisa kwe-lionfish) kube nzima ukukulungisa. E-Cuba nokho, ukulandela lo mbuzo kuyenzeka ku-MPA evikelwe kahle njenge Izingadi or I-Guanahacabibes National Park entshonalanga yeCuba. Kulawo ma-MPA aqiniswe kahle, ukubanjwa kwazo zonke izidalwa zasolwandle, okuhlanganisa ne-lionfish, kulawulwa ngokuqinile, ngakho imiphumela yabantu kuzo zombili izinhlanzi zomdabu kanye ne-lionfish iyinani elaziwayo-okwenza kube lula ukunquma ukuthi yini okudingeka yenziwe ukuze ukwabelana nabaphathi kuso sonke isifunda.

Ukusimama Kwebhizinisi Lasogwini: Ukuphatha Ngezinhlekelele Nokuqina Ngokuhlukahluka kwakuyiseshini encane yokuphumula eyabanjwa ngemva kwesidlo sasemini ngosuku lokuqala eyasinikeza izibonelo ezinhle zabantu base-Louisiana bendawo abasebenza ukwenza izindawo zabo zokudoba zisimame futhi zikwazi ukumelana nemicimbi emikhulu efana nezivunguvungu u-Katrina no-Rita (2005), kanye ne-BP Oil Spill ( 2010). Umugqa omusha webhizinisi othokozisayo eminye imiphakathi ezamayo ukuvakasha kwamasiko e-Bayou.

ULance Nacio uyisibonelo somunye umdobi wendawo oye wasebenza kanzima ukuze athuthukise izinga lokudoba izimfanzi zakhe—cishe akakwazi ukuzulazula ngenxa yokusebenzisa i-Turtle Excluder Device eklanywe kahle futhi wenza yonke imizamo ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi izimfanzi zivela emanzini. izinga eliphezulu kakhulu—ukuzihlunga ngosayizi ebhodini, futhi zigcinwe zibanda futhi zihlanzekile kuze kufinyelele emakethe. Umsebenzi wakhe ufana kakhulu nowephrojekthi ye-TOF "I-Smart Fish,” iqembu lakhe ebelikhona ngesonto eledlule.

ubugqila olwandle.pngUkuvimbela Ukuxhashazwa Kwamalungelo Esintu Emaketangeni Okuthengiswa Kwasolwandle: Igqugquzelwa u-Tobias Aguirre, umqondisi omkhulu we-FishWise, leli thimba lamalungu ayisithupha lagxila emizamweni yokwandisa ukuhlonza izindlela zokuthuthukisa ukuziphendulela kulo lonke uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwezilwane zasolwandle kusukela ekubambeni kuya kwelinye. Akungabazeki ukuthi ukufinyeleleka kwezinhlanzi zasendle ezimakethe zase-US kubangelwa ngokwengxenye izimo zokusebenza ezimbi ezitholakala kumadobi amaningi okudoba, ikakhulukazi eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Izisebenzi eziningi kakhulu zezikebhe zokudoba ziyizigqila ezibonakalayo, ezingakwazi ukuya ogwini, zingakhokhelwa noma zikhokhelwe ngaphansi kakhulu komholo osebenzayo, futhi ziphila ngaphansi kwezimo eziminyene, ezingenampilo ngokudla okuncane. I-Fair Trade USA kanye nezinye izinhlangano zisebenzela ukwakha amalebula aqinisekisa abathengi ukuthi izinhlanzi abazidlayo zingalandelelwa emuva esikebheni ezibanjwe kuso—nokuthi abadobi abazidobile babekhokhelwa ngendlela ehloniphekile futhi ngokuzithandela lapho. Eminye imizamo igxile ekusebenzisaneni namanye amazwe ukwenza ngcono amasu okuqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho kanye nokukhuphula ukuqapha kwe-supply chain. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngalesi sihloko, bukela lesi sihloko esifushane esinamandla ividiyo esihlokweni.

Iphaneli ye-Ocean Acidification: I-SeaWeb Seafood Summit ikhethe i-Ocean Foundation njengozakwethu we-blue carbon offset engqungqutheleni. Ababekhona bamenywe ukuthi bakhokhe imali eyengeziwe ye-carbon offset lapho bebhalisela ingqungquthela—imali ezoya ku-TOF I-SeaGrass Khula uhlelo. Ngenxa yamaphrojekthi ethu ahlukahlukene ahlobene nokugcwala kwe-asidi olwandle, ngajabula ngokuthi iphaneli enikelwe kule nkinga ebucayi yayiklanywe kahle futhi yaphinda ukuthi isayensi iqiniseke kangakanani kulokhu kusongela kuwebhu yokudla olwandle. UDkt. Richard Zimmerman wase-Old Dominion University waveza ukuthi kudingeka sikhathazeke ngokukhuphuka kwe-asidi yolwandle ezindaweni zethu zemizalo namachweba hhayi nje endaweni eseduze nogu. Ukhathazekile ngokuthi ukuqapha kwethu i-pH akukho ezindaweni ezingashoni kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile akukho ezindaweni lapho kufuywa khona izimbaza. [PS, kuleli sonto nje, amamephu amasha zakhululwa ezembula izinga lokugayeka kolwandle.]

kangcono aquaculture.jpgI-Aquaculture: Ingqungquthela enjalo izobe ingaphelele ngaphandle kwezingxoxo eziningi mayelana nezilwane zasemanzini. I-aquaculture manje yenza ngaphezu kwesigamu sezinhlanzi ezitholakala emhlabeni wonke. Inani lamaphaneli athakazelisa ngempela kulesi sihloko esibalulekile afakiwe—iphaneli ye-Recirculating Aquaculture Systems yayithakazelisa. Lezi zinhlelo zenzelwe ukuthi zibe semhlabathini ngokuphelele, ngaleyo ndlela zigweme noma yiliphi izinga lamanzi, izinhlanzi ezibalekile kanye nezifo ezibalekile, kanye nezinye izinkinga ezingase zivele ezinsizeni ezivulekile (ngasogwini nasogwini). Abahlanganyeli banikeza ulwazi olwahlukene kanye nezindawo zokukhiqiza ezinikeza imibono emihle mayelana nokuthi umhlaba ongenamuntu ezindaweni ezisogwini namanye amadolobha angase asetshenziselwe ukukhiqiza amaprotheni, ukudala imisebenzi kanye nokuhlangabezana nesidingo. Kusukela esiqhingini saseVancouver lapho i-RAS yase-First Nation esekelwe emhlabeni ikhiqiza i-salmon yase-Atlantic emanzini ahlanzekile engxenyeni yendawo edingekayo ngenani elifanayo le-salmon olwandle, kuya kubakhiqizi abayinkimbinkimbi abafana ne-Bell Aquaculture e-Indiana, e-USA kanye I-Target Marine e-Sechelt, BC, Canada, lapho izinhlanzi, i-roe, umanyolo neminye imikhiqizo ikhiqizwa emakethe yasekhaya.

Ngifunde ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kokudla okusekelwe ezinhlanzini ekukhiqizeni ama-salmon kwehla kakhulu, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemithi elwa namagciwane. Le ntuthuko iyizindaba ezinhle njengoba siqhubekela phambili ekuqhubekeni phambili kwezinhlanzi, i-shellfish, nokunye ukukhiqiza. Enye inzuzo eyengeziwe ye-RAS ukuthi izinhlelo ezisekelwe emhlabathini aziqhudelani nezinye izinto ezisetshenziswa emanzini asogwini aminyene—futhi kunokulawula okwengeziwe izinga lamanzi izinhlanzi ezibhukuda kuwo, futhi ngaleyo ndlela nasezingeni lezinhlanzi ngokwazo. .

Ngeke ngisho ukuthi sichithe amaphesenti angu-100 esikhathi sethu ezindlini zenkomfa ezingenafasitela. Bekunamathuba ambalwa okujabulela lokho okunikezwa emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kweMardi Gras eNew Orleans—idolobha elihlala ngokunganaki onqenqemeni oluphakathi komhlaba nolwandle. Bekuyindawo enhle yokukhuluma ngokuncika kwethu emhlabeni wonke olwandle olunempilo—kanye nenani elinempilo lezitshalo nezilwane ngaphakathi.


izithombe ngezilokotho ze-NOAA, Mark Spalding, kanye ne-EJF