Ua hoʻomaka pohihihi ka pohihihi o ka ʻohana liona kai kaulana o Kapalakiko i kēia manawa e like me ko lākou ʻike ʻia ʻana, e waiho ana ma hope o ka lehulehu o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hoʻohaʻahaʻa a me nā poʻe ʻike ola moana, e like me ka hōʻike hou a Associated Press.
He mahina wale nō i hala aku nei, he 1,500 ka nui o ka poʻe hahai holoholona moana nui e noho ana ma ke kūlanakauhale kaulana ʻo Pier 39. ʻOiai he mau lā wale nō ma hope o ka lā hoʻomaha hoʻomaikaʻi, ua hoʻomaka ka pūʻali koa 800-paona behemoths e haʻalele nui.
Manaʻo ka poʻe loea moana ma ia ʻāina he nui nā liona kai ma muli o ka nui o ka meaʻai a nalowale paha lākou i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai a hele i kahi ʻē aʻe.
"Malia paha, haʻalele lākou i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi kumu meaʻai," wehewehe ʻo Jeff Boehm, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Marine Mammal Center ma Sausalito, i ka Associated Press.
"ʻO ia paha ka mea i mālama iā lākou ma kahi mua."
He hale kūʻai makana a me ke kikowaena ʻike no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma Pier 39 i ka Marine Mammal Center, a no ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana i loaʻa iā lākou mai ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā liona kai, e nalowale ana paha lākou i nā mea ola ma mua o ka lehulehu o ka uē. nā mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua haʻi ʻo Boehm iā AP ʻo ka mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka nalo koke ʻana o nā holoholona ʻo ia ka lōʻihi o ko lākou noho ʻana ma kahi mua.
Wahi a Boehm, he mea maʻamau no nā liona kai makua ma ia wahi e hele i ka hema i nā Mokupuni Channel ma ke kahawai ʻo Santa Barbara i ka wā hānau. ʻAʻole makemake nui i ka hoʻohua ʻana, akā naʻe, ʻo nā liona ʻōpio liʻiliʻi e hele wāwae ʻole a maikaʻi ʻole e hoʻopau pinepine i ka wā e hele ai i uka a i lalo i kahakai me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo a i ʻole kuhikuhi.
“ʻAʻole noʻonoʻo ʻo [nā liona kai ʻōpio] i nā lula a makemake lākou e huakaʻi mamao a ākea," wahi a Boehm.
Me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i holo mua e ʻimi i nā sardine a me nā anchovies, he 10 mau liona kai i koe ma ka uapo i ka Pōʻalua, e hauʻoli ana a hoʻopololei iā lākou iho i kahi o hoʻokahi mahina i hala aku nei i hoʻopiha ʻia e like me…ʻe, sardines.
Akā, ʻo ke koena liʻiliʻi o nā holoholona ʻōpio olaola ua lawa ia i mea e hoʻohauʻoli ai i ka lehulehu kamahaʻo o ka poʻe malihini i hoʻāʻo i ka makani ʻino o ke kahakai e ʻike i nā mea momona o ka moana.
Ua hauʻoli ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻohana luʻu, honi, ʻāwīwī o nā ʻōpio ʻōpio.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei," wahi a kekahi kāne kipa Floridian i hele mai i ka lehulehu o nā mea nānā i ka Associated Press.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boehm a me kāna mau hoa hana ʻaʻole lākou hopohopo nui i ka hana nalo koke ʻana o nā liona kai. E like me ka mea maʻamau, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻi ʻana o ka pua i ka pūnāwai.
