MAʻALAEA (MAUI), HI – Ua haʻi ka pelekikena ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation ʻo Greg Kaufman i kahi kamaʻilio ma ka "Eco-Friendly Whalewatching: It's Not Always Easiest to Be Green" ma kahi papa hana kūlohelohe i mālama ʻia ma Provincetown, Massachusetts ma ka Hiebert Marine Laboratory ma. ʻApelila 24-26.
Ua mālama ʻia kēia haʻawina ʻekolu lā e ka Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies a me Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. ʻO ke kumu o ka papa hana makahiki ʻo ia ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā kumu aʻoaʻo kūlohelohe/ʻepekema, nā mea hana, nā mea hana manawaleʻa, a me ka poʻe i pili pono i nā huakaʻi kiaʻi koholā a i ʻole ka noiʻi ʻana ma ke kahawai ʻo Maine. Aia i loko o ka ʻaha kūkā nā haʻiʻōlelo kakahiaka e pili ana i ke kūlana o nā koholā nui a me nā sila ma ka ʻāina, ka moana moana kino, a me nā manaʻo mālama mālama i kēia manawa. ʻO nā papa haʻawina ahiahi, ʻo "Plankton and the Ecosystem," i loaʻa nā haʻi'ōlelo a me ka ʻike lima lima o nā ʻano ʻano he nui a, "Photo-Identification Catalogues," i uhi ʻia pehea e hoʻohana maikaʻi ai iā lākou ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi a hoʻonaʻauao.
ʻO ke kauwela ka manawa e ʻai ai nā koholā humpback ma ke kahawai ʻo Maine, me ka hapa nui o nā koholā i loaʻa ma kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Stellwagen Bank, aia ma ke kahakai o Massachusetts. He nui ka heluna kanaka o kēia wahi i ka ihe one (ʻike ʻia ʻo one eels), kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa no nā kohola. ʻO Stellwagen Bank kahi Laa Laa Lahui. Ma kahi o ʻumi mau ʻoihana e hana i nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi koholā ma kēia wahi.
"Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka hale hana no ko lākou wā wati koholā kauwela," wahi a Kaufman. “Ua hauʻoli au i ka lawe ʻana mai i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka Pacific Whale Foundation he 29 makahiki o ka ʻike ʻana me ka nānā ʻana i nā koholā ma Maui e kaʻana like me ka poʻe kiaʻi koholā ma ke kahakai hikina. A makemake au i ka lohe ʻana i kā lākou mau manaʻo a me nā ʻike. He wahi maikaʻi ia e aʻo ai kekahi i kekahi.
Hāʻawi ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation i nā whalewat hoʻonaʻauao mua ma Maui i ka makahiki 1980 ma ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā moku i nā hopena pule. Ua alakaʻi nā kānaka ʻepekema mai ka Pacific Whale Foundation i kēia mau whalewatches, e hana ana e aʻo i ka lehulehu e pili ana i nā koholā mai ka ʻike ʻepekema.
Ma hope mai, kūʻai ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation i nā moku a me nā ʻae e hana i kāna mau whalewatches ponoʻī. I kēia manawa, hoʻomaka ka Pacific Whale Foundation e hoʻohui i nā mea kūlohelohe e alakaʻi i nā huakaʻi. He papahana piha ka Pacific Whale Foundation no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i kāna mau mea kūlohelohe. No ka lilo ʻana i mea ʻike maoli, pono e loaʻa i ke kanaka ke kēkelē i ka biology, ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni, ecology, a i ʻole nā ʻepekema pili, a pono e hoʻopau i nā papa a me nā hoʻokolohua kikoʻī i ka kaiapuni moana o Hawaiʻi, me ka palapala hōʻoia no ke kōkua mua, mālama ola, CPR, a hoʻohana AED.
"Ua alakaʻi mākou i nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa no ka poʻe kūlohelohe a me nā mea hoʻokele waʻa ma ʻEkuador, kahi i lilo ai ka mākaʻi koholā i mea ikaika e ulu nei," wahi a Kaufman.
I kēia manawa, aia nā limahana o ka Pacific Whale Foundation ma mua o XNUMX Certified Marine Naturalists. ʻAʻole alakaʻi ʻia kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi whalewatch e ka mea hoʻokahi, akā he hui o nā mea kūlohelohe, no laila hiki i nā malihini ke komo maʻalahi i kahi loea loea inā loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau nīnau.
"Ke heluhelu ʻoe i nā manaʻo mai kā mākou poʻe malihini, ʻike maopopo ko lākou aloha i kā mākou mau mea kūlohelohe, ka mea i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia he ʻike nui, aloha, a hoihoi," wahi a Kaufman. "ʻO lākou ka iwi kuamoʻo o kā mākou ecotours hoʻonaʻauao."
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū ka Pacific Whale Foundation i kona mau kāpena ma o kāna hoʻolaha "Be Whale Aware" no ka pale ʻana i nā haunaele i nā koholā a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe. Ua lako kona mau moku me na hull hoolele leo a me na enekini malie no ka hoomalu ana i na holoholona hihiu kani, a me na Mea Hoomalu Whale mua o ka lahui no na moku kalepa, e alakai i na kohola mai na propellers a me na mea holo.
ʻO ka haʻiʻōlelo a Kaufman, i kapa ʻia, “Eco-Friendly Whalewatching: It's Not Always Easiest to Be Green,” i haʻi aku i kekahi o nā ʻike pololei o ka Pacific Whale Foundation me ka hoʻohālike ʻana i nā ʻano hoʻonaninani no kāna mau malihini a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana pili kaiaola. "ʻO kahi laʻana, i ka wā i hoʻomaka mua ai mākou e hoʻohana i nā kīʻaha biodegradable, ua ʻike mākou he wikiwiki loa lākou inā mālama mākou iā lākou i kahi mahana," wahi a Kaufman. "A hiki i ko mākou aʻo ʻana i ka mālama pono ʻana iā lākou, ua hāʻule kekahi mau kīʻaha i ka wā i ninini ai ʻoe i nā mea inu i loko. ʻO ia wale nō kekahi o nā haʻawina liʻiliʻi a mākou i aʻo ai ma ke ala.
He hui waiwai ʻole ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation ma Maui, me nā papahana ma ʻEkuador a me Australia. ʻO ka mission o ka Pacific Whale Foundation ʻo ia ka paipai ʻana i ka mahalo, ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana, a me ka pale ʻana i nā koholā, nā iʻa, nā ʻaʻa koʻa, a me nā moana o ko kākou honua. Hoʻokō lākou i kēia ma ke aʻo ʻana i ka lehulehu - mai ka ʻike ʻepekema - e pili ana i ke kaiapuni kai. Kākoʻo a alakaʻi lākou i ka noiʻi moana kūpono a hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia mālama kai ma Hawaii a me ka Pākīpika. Ma o nā ecotours hoʻonaʻauao, hoʻohālike a paipai lākou i nā hana ecotourism maikaʻi a me ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu kuleana.
No ka ʻike hou aku, e kipa www.pacificwhale.org a i ʻole kelepona 1-800-942-5311 ext. 1.
