ʻO ka Plateau Mascarene, aia ma ka hikina hema o ka Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zone e mālama like ʻia e Seychelles a me Mauritius.
E hoʻomaka ana kahi ana hou e ʻimi ai i nā mālama aila hiki ke hoʻomaka ʻia ma kahi e mālama like ʻia e Seychelles a me Mauritius.
ʻO ka luna nui o PetroSeychelles, ʻo Patrick Joseph, i haʻi aku iā SNA i ka Poalua e makemake ana nā ʻāina ʻelua e hoʻohana i nā kumuwaiwai hiki ke loaʻa ma ka Joint Management Area (JMA).
"No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia, pono mākou e ʻike he aha ka mea ma laila. Hiki ke loaʻa i kēia ma o ka mālama ʻana i nā ana seismic ma ke ʻano he ʻanuʻu mua a ʻeli ʻana ma hope. ʻO ke ala ʻoi loa e loaʻa ai ka ʻikepili ma o ka ana nui ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku ma kahi o kahi mea hana seismic e hana ai i ke ana ma kā lākou kumukūʻai a kūʻai aku i ka ʻikepili i nā ʻaoʻao hoihoi he nui, "wahi a Joseph, nāna i ʻōlelo ʻo Seychelles lāua ʻo Mauritius ke loaʻa pono ke kope o ka ʻikepili a me ka mahele o ka loaʻa kālā mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka ʻikepili.
E mālama ʻia ana ke anaina seismic e kahi hui hoʻokumu ʻia e United Kingdom. ʻO Spectrum Geo kahi hui me ka ʻike nui i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻano noi mea kūʻai aku nui a ua koho ʻia lākou ma o ka hana hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai ke ana ʻana.
ʻO ka Māhele Hoʻohui Hoʻohui ka papa hana o ka mana hui like ma waena o Seychelles a me Mauritius ma luna o kahi ʻāpana o ke kai a me kāna kumu haʻahaʻa ma lalo o ka Mascarene Plateau Region. Hoʻokaʻawale ia i ka wai a me nā meaola ola ma luna o ka papa.
Ua kau inoa ʻia kahi kuʻikahi ma ka makahiki 2012 a ua hoʻopaʻa nā ʻāina mokupuni ʻelua i nā kuleana i kahi kai hou aʻe e uhi ana ma kahi o 400,000 kilomika kilomika i ka moana ʻInikia. ʻO ka hana e pili ana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o kahi papa ʻaina kontinela e waiho i ke Komisina no nā palena o ka Continental shelf ma lalo o kahi hana i ʻae ʻia i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka 1982 Hui Pū ʻIa Hui Pū ʻIa e pili ana i ke kānāwai o ke kai.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Seychelles a me Mauritius i ka Zone Management Joint mua o ka honua e uhi ana i kēlā wahi, a me kahi Komikina Hui e hoʻohui a mālama i ka ʻimi, ka mālama a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai ola a me nā mea ola ʻole o ka kai kai i ka wahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iosepa ua mālama ʻia nā hālāwai me ko lākou hoa Mauritian e pili ana i ka ʻimi noiʻi. "ʻO nā hana āpau i ka Māhele Hoʻohui Hoʻohui e hoʻomalu ʻia e ke Kuʻikahi i kau inoa ʻia ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ʻelua. Ke hoʻomau nei nā kūkākūkā ʻana ma kahi maʻamau, "i wehewehe ʻia e ka luna nui.
Hui pū kekahi komite ʻenehana hui. Wahi a Joseph "hiki wawe i ka ʻōlelo ʻana aia he mau hōʻailona no ka mālama ʻia o ka aila akā ke kākoʻo nei ka hoʻonohonoho kālaihonua o ka Joint Management Area i ka hiki."
Akā he aha ka mea e hana inā ʻike ʻia ka aila? "Inā loaʻa ka aila, pono ka hui e loiloi i ka ʻike e ʻike inā he mea kālepa a inā pēlā, e hoʻouna i kahi papahana hoʻomohala," wahi a Joseph.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ka luna nui "inā ʻae ʻia kēia, a laila uku ka ʻoihana i kahi aliʻi ke hoʻomaka koke ka hana a ke hoʻomaka lākou e loaʻa kālā a laila uku lākou i kahi ʻauhau loaʻa kālā ʻaila. E kaʻana like ʻo Seychelles lāua ʻo Mauritius i kēia loaʻa kālā ma kahi o 50/50. ”
No kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka manawa e hoʻomaka pono ai ke ana, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iosepa e hiki koke ana kēia ma hope o Spectrum Geo e hoʻopau ai i kā lākou hana kūʻai mua.
Kūkulu ʻia kahi hālāwai o ke Komikina Hui a me kahi hālāwai o ke Kōmike Loea ma Seychelles - kahi hui o 115 mau mokupuni ma ke komohana o ka Moana ʻInikia - i Kekemapa.
I kēia manawa, Sub-Sahara Resources Limited (SSRL) - ua hoʻomaka kahi ʻoihana Australia e ʻimi aila ma nā wai o Seychelles. A hiki i ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ka Japanese National Oil Company (JOGMEC) wale nō ka ʻoihana e ʻimi ana i nā hana ma Seychelles 'wai. Ua pau ka laikini o ka hui ma Pepeluali.