Loaʻa ka Hui ʻImi ʻImi ʻO Pacific Whale Foundation
He hui o nā kānaka noiʻi ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation e aʻo ana i nā koholā humpback ma kahi kokoke i ka Great Barrier Reef ma waho o ke kapakai hikina o Australia e ʻike ana i ka koholā keʻokeʻo a pau i kapa ʻia ʻo Migaloo i ka Pōʻalima, ʻAukake 13.
ʻO ke koholā keʻokeʻo, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka kohola humpback kaulana loa ma ka honua, ua ʻike ʻia i ʻelua mau manawa kaʻawale i kēia lā e nā mea noiʻi Pacific Whale Foundation ʻo Greg Kaufman lāua ʻo Annie Macie.
"Ua ʻike nui mākou aia ʻo Migaloo ma ia wahi ma muli o ke kelepona i loaʻa iā mākou ʻekolu lā ma mua e pili ana i kahi ʻike ʻike ʻia ma ke kahakai ʻo Mission, ma kahi o 210 mau kilomita ma ka hema o Port Douglas," wahi a Kaufman. "Ma muli o ka holo ʻana o nā koholā ma ka awelika o 3 mau puʻupuʻu, ua helu mākou he 2-3 mau lā a hiki i Port Douglas."
Ua ʻike mua nā mea noiʻi ʻelua iā Migaloo ma kahi o hoʻokahi mile nautical ma ke komohana ʻākau o ka mokupuni ʻo Snapper me ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka moku luʻu/snorkel "Aristocrat" akā nalo ka ʻike ʻana i ke koholā ma hope o ka lele ʻana ʻelua. Ua loaʻa hou iā ia ma kahi o 4.5 mau mile ma ke komohana o Snapper Island ma kahi o ʻehā hola ma hope o ka ʻauʻau ʻana i Tongue Reef, kahi kahi i hoʻopaʻa ai nā mea noiʻi i nā mele koholā i nā lā ʻelua i hala.
"E ʻauʻau ana ʻo ia ma kahi laina hoʻololi o kēia manawa," wahi a Kaufman. "Ua hana ʻo ia i ʻelua fluke up dives i ko mākou nānā ʻana iā ia, kahi i hiki ai iā mākou ke kiʻi i ʻelua mau kiʻi ʻike maikaʻi loa o kāna mau flukes."
Ua ʻike ʻo Kaufman he ʻano like nā ʻaoʻao o luna a me lalo o nā flukes huelo, ʻaʻohe ʻano pigmentation ma luna o lākou.
"ʻEhā mau hiʻohiʻona e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i kēia koholā ʻo Migaloo," wahi a Kaufman. ʻO ka mea mua, aia ke ʻano a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka huelo o Migaloo; ʻokoʻa loa ia me nā ʻaoʻao hope wili.
“ʻO ka lua, aia ka ʻili hope i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. A laila aia ke poʻo hemahema iki, "wahi a Kaufman. “Mai kinohi mai, ua ike makou he puu ko Migaloo ma ka aoao o kona poo. Hiki ke pili kona poʻo ʻino me kona albinism.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Migaloo he keʻokeʻo a pau. "E like me kā mākou ʻike, ʻo ia wale nō ka kohola humpback keʻokeʻo i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua," wahi a Kaufman.
He ʻulaʻula a ʻalani nā diatoma e ulu ana ma luna ona i ke koholā keʻokeʻo. "He nui nā koholā ma kēia wahi, akā ua ʻike maoli ʻia ma ka ʻili keʻokeʻo o Migaloo," wahi a Kaufman.
Ua ʻike hope ʻia ʻo Migaloo ma ia wahi ma Iulai 27, 2007, ma waho o Undine Reef, ma kahi o 10 mau mile ma ka hema o kēia lā. "ʻOiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi moeʻuhane i ka pō nei e ʻike mākou iā Migaloo i kēia lā a he manaʻo ikaika i ke kakahiaka ʻo kēia ka lā e ʻike hou ai mākou iā ia," wahi a Kaufman.
“He mea hoʻoikaika ka ʻike ʻana iā Migaloo. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo i hoʻomau ʻia i koʻu noʻonoʻo he hanohano," wahi a Annie Macie, ka mea noiʻi ma Pacific Whale Foundation. "Ua like ia me ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea kupanaha 8 o ka honua."
"Ma mua o ka puka ʻana mai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hopena halo mai ke kino keʻokeʻo i ke kai uliuli," wahi āna. "A laila, ʻālohilohi kona kino i kona piʻi ʻana mai ke kai mai."
"Ma ka holoʻokoʻa, he ʻike kupaianaha maoli nō ia, ʻo ka lā maikaʻi loa o koʻu ola," wahi āna.
Ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka poʻe noiʻi, ua hōʻea mai kekahi mau moku luʻu/snorkel ma ia wahi e nānā pono.
"Maikaʻi nā mea a pau e pili ana i ke kānāwai hoʻokokoke 500-mika e pili ana i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i kēia" koholā kūikawā "wahi a Kaufman. Ua ʻike ʻo ia e hele ana ʻo Migaloo ma kahi i lohe ai lāua ʻo Macie i ke mele ʻana i nā koholā ma mua
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Ua ʻike ʻo Kaufman iā Migaloo ma kahi o 16 mau makahiki aku nei, ʻoiai e aʻo ana i nā koholā humpback ma Australia.
ʻO ka hope pelekikena a me ka mea noiʻi ʻo Paul Forestell o ka Pacific Whale Foundation ka mea nāna i kapa iā Migaloo i ka makahiki 1992, ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kekahi ʻohana Aboriginal ma Hervey Bay. ʻO ka inoa "Migaloo" he huaʻōlelo like ʻole no ka "white fella."
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation i ke mele ʻana ʻo Migaloo i ka makahiki 1996, e hōʻike ana he kāne ʻo ia. Ua hōʻoia pū ʻia ka hoʻāʻo DNA mai Southern Cross University he kāne ʻo ia.
Mālama ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation i kahi pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke koholā keʻokeʻo āpau - i kapa ʻia ʻo migaloowhale.org - a hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo Migaloo i kāna "ʻohana" o nā koholā i kāna papahana Adopt a Whale.
ʻO kēia koholā ʻē aʻe ke kumuhana o kahi pepa ʻepekema i kākau ʻia e nā mea noiʻi mai ka Pacific Whale Foundation, Southern Cross Center for Whale Research, a me Australian Whale Conservation Society i ka makahiki 2001.
Ua kapa ʻia ka pepa ʻo "Nānā ʻana o kahi Whale Humpback Hypo-Pigmented (Megaptera novaeangliae) ma waho o East Coast Australia 1991-2000." Ua paʻi ʻia ma Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (Volume 47 Part 2), the
nā hana o ka Humpback Whale Conference 2000 i mālama ʻia ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike.
No ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kā lākou pepa, ua noiʻi nā kānaka ʻepekema ma mua o 50 mau hōʻike o ka ʻike ʻana i kahi koholā keʻokeʻo ma waho o ke kahakai hikina o Australia mai ka makahiki 1991.
Ua hōʻike lākou ua ʻike mua ʻia kahi koholā keʻokeʻo a paʻi kiʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1991 mai kahi kahua mākaʻikaʻi kahakai ma Byron Bay ma New South Wales. I ka makahiki aʻe, ʻike ʻia ka holoholona like a paʻi nui ʻia ma Hervey Bay ma Queensland. ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka nūhou kūloko o ke kohola keʻokeʻo i hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka lehulehu i ka holoholona, a ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻike i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai 1991 a 2000 koe 1997.
I ka makahiki 1991, ʻo ia ka makahiki i ʻike mua ʻia ai ke koholā, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia he keiki ʻōpio, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia i ulu pono, wahi a Paul Hodda, ka mea kākau inoa, ka pelekikena o ka Australian Whale Conservation Society. Hōʻike kēia
aia ke kohola ma waena o 3 a me 5 makahiki i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai. I ka makahiki 2000, ua manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi he 11 mau makahiki ma lalo o ke koholā, ʻoiai he 12 a 15 mau makahiki paha. Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna hana i ka wā he kāne a he kāne paha i hiki i ke oʻo hānau hānau i nā makahiki i hala. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Migaloo a hiki i ka 21 a 34 mau makahiki i kēia manawa a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he kāne, ma kāna mau ʻano.
No ka laʻana, ua ʻike ʻia ke koholā keʻokeʻo i ka makahiki 1993 e alakaʻi ana i kahi pēpē makuahine/bipi, ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻike pono ai he kāne ka holoholona. I ka makahiki 1998, i kona kipa ʻana i Hervey Bay, ua lohe ʻia ke mele ʻana - he hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi o ke kāne. I kēlā mau manawa i ʻike ai ka poʻe nānā i ka nui o ke koholā, aia ka koholā i loko o ka pā o nā koholā ʻelua 40 pakeneka o ka manawa a me nā hui nui o nā koholā he 17 pakeneka o ka manawa. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā humpback kāne makua me ia ʻano pods i ka hoʻoilo hoʻoilo.
He mau keʻena kahua ko ka Pacific Whale Foundation ma ʻEkuador a me Australia me ke keʻena nui ma Hawaii. ʻO ka Pacific Whale Foundation kahi hui i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo IRS ʻauhau ʻole 501 (c)(3) i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā koholā, nā iʻa, a me nā aʻa ma o ka noiʻi moana, ka hoʻonaʻauao lehulehu, a me ka mālama ʻana. Kākoʻo ʻia nā papahana noiʻi, hoʻonaʻauao, a me ka mālama mālama ʻana o ka Pacific Whale Foundation e nā waiwai mai ka Pacific Whale Foundation's Eco-Adventure cruises ma Maui, a mai ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā mea kūʻai aku a me ke kākoʻo o nā lālā a puni ka
honua.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka Pacific Whale Foundation, e kipa www.pacificwhale.org a i ʻole kelepona 1-800-942-5311.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā Migaloo e kipa www.migaloowhale.org.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He hui o nā kānaka noiʻi ʻo Pacific Whale Foundation e aʻo ana i nā koholā humpback ma kahi kokoke i ka Great Barrier Reef ma waho o ke kapakai hikina o Australia e ʻike ana i ka koholā keʻokeʻo a pau i kapa ʻia ʻo Migaloo i ka Pōʻalima, ʻAukake 13.
- “I honestly had a dream last night that we would see Migaloo today and had a strong premonition in the morning that today would be the day we would see him again,” said Kaufman.
- “We were hyper aware that Migaloo might be in the area because of a call we had received three days earlier about a possible sighting off Mission Beach, about 210 kilometers south of Port Douglas,” said Kaufman.
