He kime o ʻehiku ʻO ka Reef Restauration Foundation ke hoʻomau nei nā mea like i ka mālama ʻana i nā kahu hānai a me nā ʻākako i kanu ʻia ma Cairns ma ka Ka Moana Nui me 270 mau luʻu hou aʻe mai ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o ka hana ma ʻApelila.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reef Restorasi Foundation Chief Executive Officer Rob Giason ʻo ka hui no ka loaʻa kālā ʻole i hoʻomohala ʻia a Covid-19 hoʻolālā hoʻolālā e hoʻokō i nā koi a ke aupuni a kākoʻo i ka mālama ʻana a me nā papahana ʻepekema no kā lākou hānai ʻelua ma Fitzroy Island a me Hastings Reef.
"ʻO ʻApelila ko mākou mahina ʻoi loa me ka hui luʻu e huakaʻi ana ma Seastar Cruises e hana ma nā keʻena hānai ʻoiai ua hoʻomaha ʻia nā huakaʻi ʻo Great Barrier Reef," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole i hoʻopili ʻia nā kumulāʻau 20 ma ka mokupuni ʻo Fitzroy e ka hoʻōla ʻana ma hope o ke aniau o ke kai kiʻekiʻe i Pepeluali.
"Ua hiki i nā hui luʻu ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kēlā mau kumulāʻau mai ka hohonu o 5 mika a 10 mau mika ke hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahana o ka wai.
"Eia nō naʻe, ua hala ka mahana i Hastings Reef i ka manawa a mākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai i kēlā mau kumulāʻau i hopena i kahi pae liʻiliʻi o ka make ma ke kau ʻana.
"ʻO nā ʻākako i kau ʻia ma nā lālā lalo o nā kumulāʻau he 10 ma Hastings Reef i hōʻike iki i ka hōʻike o ke keokeo a ua hoʻi maikaʻi.
"I kēia mahina ke nānā nei mākou i ka ʻikepili e nānā ai pehea mākou e hana ai i kahi ʻāpana restock o ka Hastings Reef nursery e hoʻihoʻi iā ia i kona piha piha.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Coral at the Fitzroy Island Nursery i nā helu ulu olakino a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makani hema hema mai ka waena o ʻApelila i hōʻoluʻolu i nā aniani wai e ʻae ana i nā ʻalā he 394 mai kahi hānai e kanu ʻia i ka pali o ka manu ʻo Bird Rock ma ka mokupuni ʻo Fitzroy.
"Ua kanu ʻo Reef Restorasi Foundation he 849 mau koʻa mai ka Fitzroy Island Nursery a hoʻokūpaʻa i ka 1651 mau ʻāpana koʻa mai ka moana mai ma ke ʻāpana o ka papahana Corals of Opportunity."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Giason ua hui pū ʻo Reef Restoration Foundation me ka ʻohana Cairns ʻo Seastar Cruises e hoʻomohala i ka hale hanai kokoke i ko lākou Hastings Reef mooring, 56km mai Cairns.
"ʻO ia ka mua o nā kahu hānai ʻehā ʻo Great Barrier Reef i ʻae ʻia e ka Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority me nā hoʻolālā e hoʻokumu i ka mea aʻe ma Moore Reef i Kepakemapa, kahi papahana i hiki ke loaʻa me ke kākoʻo o ka NAB Foundation.
"Makemake mākou e hana pū me nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa e hoʻomohala i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana e hiki ai ke hoʻihoʻi a mālama i nā koʻa kiʻekiʻe i hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia i nā pūnaewele ʻē aʻe ma ka Great Barrier Reef," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"Kākoʻo ʻo Great Barrier Reef i kahi $ 6 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻoihana hoʻokipa a ma kahi o 40,000 mau hana mākaʻikaʻi, no laila ke manaʻo nei kēia papahana e kōkua i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e mālama i ke olakino o ka ʻāpana o ka pōhaku a lākou e hana nei.
"Ke hilinaʻi nei ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa kai i kahi ākau olakino a kūpaʻa hoʻi a ke ʻimi nei i nā ʻenehana hoʻokele kūpono e kākoʻo ana i nā waiwai o ka Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, ʻoiai e hiki ai i nā hana hoʻokipa kūloko ke hana.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pūnaewele waiwai nui e hoʻohana ʻia e ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa aia ma Marine National Park Green Zones, kahi e mālama ai i nā pale i nā hana i hiki ke mālama ʻia i kēia mau ʻāpana.
"ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ke koʻa kai kahi hana mua i ka Great Barrier Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan a me nā hana hoʻomohala coral i hana ʻia ma waena o ka honua no ʻekolu mau makahiki a ʻoi paha."
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