ʻO ka nānā nui loa o ka honua no ka hoʻohaumia moana
Ke alakaʻi nei ka hui noiʻi aupuni o Australia ʻo CSIRO i ka noiʻi nui loa o ka honua e pili ana i ka haumia kai. Hana pū ʻo ia me nā ʻāina a puni ka honua e kōkua iā lākou e loiloi a hōʻemi i ka nui o nā mea ʻino e komo i ka moana. E pili ana ka papahana i nā ʻāina haumia moana nui loa, me Kina, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me Australia ponoʻī, South Korea a me Taiwan.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CSIRO Senior Scientist Dr. Denise Hardesty e hāʻawi ka papahana i ka ʻike paʻa e pili ana i ka nui o nā ʻōpala e komo ana i ka moana a me nā ʻikepili maoli i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai nā kahakai a me nā kūlanakauhale a puni ka honua.
"A hiki i kēia manawa, ua hilinaʻi mākou i nā kuhi o ka ʻikepili Bank Bank, no laila ʻo kēia ka manawa mua i hui pū kekahi i kahi hui o nā ʻāina iā lākou iho e nānā pono i ka nui o nā ʻōpala e hele ana i loko o ka moana," wahi a Hardesty.
Moolelo o ka wai ballast
Hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe e nā hui honua, nā aupuni, nā mea noiʻi a me nā mea kuleana ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka paʻi ma Iune 6 me kahi hanana ma ka UN Oceans Conference ma New York.
Hōʻike ia i nā hana nui o ka GloBallast Partnership Program me ka hui pū ʻana me United Nations a me ka Global Environment Facility. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka papahana ma 2007 e kōkua i nā ʻāina kūkulu e makemake ana e hoʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o nā mea ʻino a me nā pathogens i loko o ka wai ballast o nā moku.
ʻO ka wai ballast he wai, maʻamau ka wai kai, i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he ukana hou ma nā moku. ʻO ka pilikia, ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana, ua haumia, akā hoʻihoʻi ʻia i kai.
ʻO Indonesia e ʻike ʻia kona mau ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa
Ua lilo ʻo Indonesia i ʻāina mua i hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻikepili Vessel Monitoring System (VMS), e hōʻike ana i ka wahi a me ka hana o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa kalepa. Ua paʻi ʻia lākou ma ka paepae palapala honua Global Fishing Watch a hōʻike i ka lawaiʻa kalepa ma nā wai o Indonesia a me nā wahi o ka Moana India, kahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka lehulehu a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ke koi nei ke Kuhina o ka lawaiʻa a me ke kulekele moana ʻo Susi Pujiastuti i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hana like.
"ʻO ka lawaiʻa lawaiʻa he pilikia honua a ʻo ka hakakā ʻana e pono ai ka hui ʻana ma waena o nā ʻāina."
Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻikepili i paʻi ʻia e hoʻonāwaliwali i ka lawaiʻa hewa ʻole a me ka pōmaikaʻi o ka lehulehu i ka piʻi ʻana o ka makemake o ka lehulehu no ka ʻike e pili ana i ke kumu o ka iʻa i kūʻai ʻia.
Hoʻomaka ka Global Ghost Gear i ke alakaʻi
hāʻawi i nā hoʻonā kūpono a me nā ala e hakakā ai i ka lawaiʻa ʻuhane ma ke kaulahao lako kai. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka palapala hope e nā hui ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 mai ka ʻoihana iʻa.
"Hiki i ke alakaʻi kūpono ke hōʻemi nui i ka hopena o ka lawaiʻa ʻuhane ma nā kaiaola kai a pale i nā hopena ʻino i nā holoholona hihiu," wahi a World Animal Welfare Oceans and Wildlife Campaigner Lynn Cavanagh.
Haʻalele ʻia a nalowale ʻole nā mea lawaiʻa "Ghost" i hoʻohana ʻia no ka lawaiʻa, e hōʻeha ana i nā kaiaola kai. Hoʻomau ia no nā haneli mau makahiki a hoʻohaumia i nā holoholona hihiu o ke kai. Ma kahi o 640 tons o ia mau pū i nalowale i kēlā me kēia makahiki.