"He mea ʻai meaʻai au, akā ʻai au i ka iʻa." Ua lohe paha ʻoe i kēia ʻōlelo? Ua makemake mau au e nīnau i ka poʻe e ʻōlelo ana pēlā, he aha ko lākou manaʻo no ka iʻa? Manaʻo lākou he ʻano mea kanu e like me ke kāloti a i ʻole ka pua puaʻa!
ʻO ka iʻa maikaʻi ʻole ka hana ʻino loa, a maopopo iaʻu no ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi manaʻo maikaʻi ʻaʻole e ʻeha ka iʻa. E noʻonoʻo. He ate a he opu ko ka i'a, he koko, he maka a me ka pepeiao - 'oia'i'o, 'o ka hapa nui o nā 'ōpū o loko, e like me kākou - akā 'a'ole 'eha ka i'a? A laila, no ke aha ʻo ia e makemake ai i kahi ʻōnaehana koʻikoʻi e hoʻouna i nā manaʻo i ka lolo a me ka ʻeha. ʻOiaʻiʻo, manaʻo ka iʻa i ka ʻeha, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o ke ʻano ola. ʻOiai hiki i ka iʻa ke ʻeha i ka ʻeha, ʻaʻohe kapu a i ʻole nā lula no ka pepehi ʻana iā lākou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kāu makemake me ia. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, pepehi ʻia ka iʻa ma ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻōpū me ka pahi a hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole e hoʻolei ʻia i loko o nā pahu kahi e ʻeha ai. No ka aʻo hou ʻana e pili ana i ka iʻa, ua hele au i ka huakaʻi ʻauwaʻa a pīhoihoi wau i kaʻu mea i ʻike ai. Ua aʻo au i nā mea weliweli he nui, akā ʻo ka mea ʻino loa ka mea i loaʻa i ka flounder, kahi iʻa nui a pālahalaha me nā ʻālani ʻālani. Kiola ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka pahu me nā iʻa ʻē aʻe a hoʻokahi hola ma hope hiki iaʻu ke lohe maoli iā lākou e make ana. Ua haʻi aku au i kēia i kekahi o nā luina, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hahau iā ia me ka lāʻau. Ua manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka make ʻana i ka ʻōpū a manaʻo wau ua make ka iʻa. Ma hope o ʻeono hola, ua ʻike au e hamama mau ana ko lākou waha a me nā ʻōpū ma muli o ka nele o ka oxygen. He ʻumi hola kēia ʻeha. Ua haku ʻia nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka lawaiʻa ʻana. Ma luna o ka moku e kau ana au, he kaumaha nui ʻupena ʻupena. Ua paʻa ka ʻupena i ka ʻupena i lalo o ke kai e nā mea kaumaha kaumaha, ʻo ke kani a me ka wili ʻana i ko lākou neʻe ʻana i ke one a make nā haneli o nā mea ola. Ke huki ʻia ka iʻa mai loko mai o ka wai, hiki ke pohā kona ʻōpū a me kona mau maka ma muli o ka ʻokoʻa o ke kaomi. "Polo" pinepine ka i'a no ka nui loa o ia mau i'a i loko o ka upena i hiki ole ai i na gills ke hana. Ma waho aʻe o ka iʻa, nui nā holoholona ʻē aʻe i komo i ka ʻupena - me ka iʻa hōkū, ka pāpaʻi a me ka iʻa, hoʻolei ʻia lākou i hope i ka ʻāina e make. Aia kekahi mau lula lawaiʻa - ʻo ka hapa nui e pili ana i ka nui o nā ʻupena a ʻo wai a ma hea kahi e lawaiʻa ai. Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau lula e kēlā me kēia ʻāina i ko lākou mau kai kahakai. Aia kekahi mau lula no ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka iʻa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hopu. Kāhea ʻia lākou quota no ka i'a. Me he mea lā ua hoʻoponopono kēia mau lula i ka nui o nā iʻa i hopu ʻia, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea like. He hoʻāʻo ʻino kēia e ʻike i ka nui o nā iʻa i koe. Ma ʻEulopa, hana nā ʻāpana iʻa e like me kēia: lawe i ka cod a me ka haddock, no ka laʻana, no ka mea maʻamau lākou e noho pū. Ke kiola ʻia ka ʻupena, inā hopu ʻia ka cod, a laila ʻo haddock kekahi. Akā, i kekahi manawa, hūnā ke kāpena i ka lawaiʻa haddock ma nā wahi huna o ka moku. ʻO ka mea nui, e kiola hou ʻia kēia iʻa i loko o ke kai, akā hoʻokahi pilikia, ua make kēia iʻa! Malia paha, make ka i'a he kanaha pakeneka ma mua o ka quota i ho'okumu 'ia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole wale ka haddock i loaʻa i kēia mau hoʻoponopono pupule, akā ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻano iʻa i hopu ʻia i ka ʻōnaehana quota. Ma nā moana ākea ākea o ka honua a i ʻole ma nā kahakai o nā ʻāina ʻilihune, maikaʻi ʻole ka mālama ʻana i nā lawaiʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he liʻiliʻi nā lula i ʻike ʻia kēlā ʻano lawaiʻa KA LAWAIA BIOMASS. Me kēia ʻano lawaiʻa, hoʻohana ʻia kahi ʻupena ʻupena lahilahi loa, e hopu ai i kēlā me kēia mea ola, ʻaʻole hiki i kahi iʻa liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kahi pāpaʻi ke pakele mai kēia ʻupena. He ala hou a hoʻopailua loa ko ka poʻe lawaiʻa ma ke Kai Hema. Aia i loko o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka ʻoki ʻia ʻana o nā manō i hopu ʻia i ka ʻoki i ka wā e ola ana. Kiola hou ʻia ka iʻa i loko o ke kai a make i ka haʻalulu. Hana ʻia kēia i 100 miliona manō i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo nā mea a pau no ka sopa manō i lawelawe ʻia ma nā hale ʻaina Kina a puni ka honua. ʻO kekahi ala maʻamau, e pili ana i ka hoʻohana puʻu kālā. Hoʻopili kēia puʻu i nā ʻohana iʻa nui a ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke pakele. ʻAʻole paʻa loa ka ʻupena a no laila hiki ke paheʻe nā iʻa liʻiliʻi mai loko mai o ia mea, akā nui ka poʻe mākua i noho i ka ʻupena a ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe e pakele ai ke hoʻohua wikiwiki e hoʻihoʻi i nā poho. He mea kaumaha, akā, me kēia ʻano lawaiʻa e komo pinepine ai nā iʻa a me nā mea momona ʻē aʻe i ka ʻupena. ʻO nā ʻano lawaiʻa ʻē aʻe, me kahi ʻano hana e hana ai nā haneli makau maunu i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi aho lawaiʻa e hohola ana no kekahi mau kilomita. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano hana ma nā kahakai pōhaku e haki ai ka ʻupena. Nā mea pahū a me nā mea ʻawaʻawa, e like me ka wai bleaching, he ʻāpana o ka ʻenehana lawaiʻa e pepehi ai i nā holoholona he nui aʻe ma mua o ka iʻa. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana paha i ke ala ʻino loa o ka lawaiʻa ʻupena drift. Hana ʻia ka ʻupena me ka nilon lahilahi akā ikaika a aneane ʻike ʻole ʻia i loko o ka wai. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia "paia o ka make“no ka nui o nā holoholona i hihia a make - nā iʻa, nā kohola liʻiliʻi, nā sila hulu, nā manu, nā kukuna a me nā manō. Kiola ʻia lākou a pau no ka mea ʻo ka lawaiʻa wale nō ka iʻa i ka tuna. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona iʻa i make i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā ʻupena neʻe no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke piʻi aʻe i luna e hanu. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei nā ʻupena drift ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a, i kēia manawa, ua ʻike ʻia lākou ma UK a me ʻEulopa, kahi o ka lōʻihi o ka ʻupena ʻaʻole pono ma mua o 2.5 mau kilomita. Ma nā wahi ākea o ka Moana Pākīpika a me ka MoanaʻAkelanika, kahi i liʻiliʻi loa ka mana, hiki i ka lōʻihi o nā pūnaewele ke hiki i 30 aʻoi aku paha mau kilomita. I kekahi manawa, haki kēia mau ʻupena i ka wā ʻino a lana aʻe, pepehi a hōʻeha i nā holoholona. I ka hopena, hāʻule ka ʻupena i lalo i lalo. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, pohō nā kino a piʻi hou ka ʻupena i luna e hoʻomau i ka luku a me ka luku ʻole. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, loaʻa i nā ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa kālepa ma kahi o 100 miliona mau iʻa, ʻaʻohe manawa o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia e hiki i ka makahiki o ka moekolohe, no laila ʻaʻohe manawa e hoʻopiha ai nā kumuwaiwai o ke kai. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūlana. I kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ai kekahi e like me ka United Nations Food and the Agricultural Organization i ka pōʻino i hana hou ʻia, mālama wale ʻia kēia mau ʻōlelo luhi. Uaʻike nā kānaka a pau e make ana nā kai, akā,ʻaʻohe mea makemake e hana i kekahi mea e ho'ōki i ka lawaiʻa, hiki ke lilo i ke kālā nui. Mai ka hopena o ke Kaua Honua II, ua māhele ʻia nā moana i 17 mau wahi lawaia. Wahi a ka Agricultural Organization, ʻeiwa o lākou i kēia manawa i ka "hōʻemi pōʻino o kekahi mau ʻano." ʻO nā ʻāina ʻewalu ʻē aʻe i ke kūlana like, ma muli o ka lawaiʻa nui ʻana. ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ka Honua no ke aʻo ʻana i nā kai (ICES) – ka mea akamai nui o ka honua i ke kula o ke kai a me ka moana – ke hopohopo nui nei i ke kūlana o kēia manawa. I kēia manawa ua pau loa nā ʻāʻī mackerel nui i noho ma ke Kai ʻĀkau, e like me ka ICES. Hoʻomaopopo pū ʻo ICES i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki, e nalo koke kekahi o nā mea maʻamau i nā kai ʻEulopa, cod. ʻAʻohe hewa o kēia mau mea inā makemake ʻoe i ka jellyfish, no ka mea, ʻo lākou wale nō ke ola. Akā ʻo ka mea ʻoi aku ka ʻino, ʻo ka nui o nā hihia, ʻaʻole pau nā holoholona i hopu ʻia i ke kai ma ka papaʻaina. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i mea hoʻomomona a i ʻole i hana ʻia i poli kāmaʻa a i kukui paha. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou i mea hānai no nā holoholona mahiʻai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻoʻiʻo? He nui kā mākou iʻa, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hana i nā pellets a hānai i nā iʻa ʻē aʻe! No ka ulu ʻana i hoʻokahi paona iʻa ma kahi mahiʻai, pono mākou i 4 paona iʻa hihiu. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe ʻo ka mahiʻai ʻana i ka iʻa ka hopena o ka pilikia o ka pau ʻana o ka moana, akā ua like ia me ka luku. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā miliona iʻa i loko o nā wai kahakai, a ua ʻoki ʻia nā kumu mango e ulu ana ma kahakai i nā helu he nui i mea e hana ai i kahi mahiʻai. Ma nā wahi e like me Philippines, Kenya, India a me Thailand, ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 pakeneka o nā ululāʻau mango ua nalowale a ke ʻoki ʻia nei. Noho ʻia nā ululāʻau mango e nā ʻano ola like ʻole, ʻoi aku ma mua o 2000 mau mea kanu a me nā holoholona like ʻole e noho ana i loko o lākou. ʻO ia hoʻi kahi o 80 pakeneka o nā iʻa kai a pau ma ka honua. ʻO nā mahiʻai iʻa i ʻike ʻia ma ke kahua o nā mahi mango e hoʻohaumia i ka wai, uhi i ke kai me nā ʻōpala meaʻai a me nā ʻōpala, kahi e luku ai i nā ola āpau. Mālama ʻia ka iʻa i loko o nā hīnaʻi piha a lilo i mea maʻi i ka maʻi a hāʻawi ʻia i nā lāʻau antibiotic a me nā insecticides e pepehi ai i nā parasite e like me ka lice. I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua haumia ke kaiapuni a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā mahiʻai iʻa i kahi ʻē, ua ʻoki hou ʻia nā mahi mango. Ma Norewai a me UK, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā fjords a me nā loko Scottish, ulu nā mahiʻai iʻa i ka salmon Atlantika. Ma lalo o nā kūlana kūlohelohe, ʻauʻau wale ka salmon mai nā kahawai mauna haiki a hiki i ka hohonu o ka ʻAkelanika o Greenland. He ikaika loa ka iʻa a hiki iā ia ke lele i loko o nā wailele a ʻauʻau paha i ke au e kahe ana. Ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe e hoʻopau i kēia mau manaʻo a mālama i kēia mau iʻa i loko o nā hale hao. ʻO ka emi ʻana o ke kai a me ka moana, ʻo nā kānaka wale nō ka hewa. E noʻonoʻo wale i ka hopena o nā manu, nā sila, nā iʻa a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e ʻai ana i ka iʻa. Ke hakakā nei lākou no ke ola ʻana, a ʻano pōʻeleʻele ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana. No laila, e waiho paha kākou i ka iʻa na lākou?