"ʻAʻohe kānāwai ma waho"

WASHINGTON - Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Laurie Dishman, he luna lawelawe meaʻai 37 makahiki mai Sacramento, ʻo ia ka manawa e kū pono ai i kona makaʻu, no laila ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi therapeutic i ke awa o Miami i ka hopena pule i hala.

ʻO ia ka manawa mua i hele ai ʻo ia ma kahi kokoke i nā moku nui mai ka makahiki 2006, i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ka moku holo moana e kekahi o nā mea mālama moku. I kēlā manawa, ua haʻalulu ʻo ia i ka pane ʻana o ka poʻe holo moku me ka haʻi ʻana iā ia e pono e hoʻomalu i kāna inu. No laila ma ka Lāpule, ma kekahi o nā awa ʻoi loa o ka lāhui, hāʻawi ʻo ia ma mua o 300 mau puke liʻiliʻi i ka poʻe i ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kā lākou hoʻomaha, e ʻōlelo ana iā lākou no ka pōʻino.

"ʻAʻohe kānāwai ma waho," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Dishman i kahi ninaninau. “Hiki nā ʻano mea a pau ma kēia kūlanakauhale lana ma waena o ka moana, ʻaʻohe mea palekana. ʻAʻohe pale. Manaʻo ʻoe he kuleana ko ʻAmelika ke kau ʻoe i ka moku, akā ʻaʻole.

Ke hakakā nei ka ʻoihana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻoi aku ka palekana o nā ʻAmelika ma nā moku holo moku ma mua o ka ʻāina a ʻaʻole pono nā hoʻololi hoʻoponopono.

"ʻO ka mea nui o ka ʻoihana moku holo moku ʻo ia ka palekana o kāna poʻe kaʻa a me nā mea hana," wahi a Terry Dale, ka pelekikena a me ka luna nui o ka Ft. ʻO Lauderdale-based Cruise Lines International Association, e hōʻike ana i nā laina holo moku 24 a me 16,500 mau keʻena huakaʻi. "Maʻalahi loa, palekana loa nā ʻAmelika i ke kai i kēia lā."

Ua hilinaʻi naʻe ʻo Dishman e alakaʻi ana kāna leka i kahi kānāwai federal hou. I ka wā e hoʻi mai ai ʻo Congress mai kāna hoʻomaha kauwela ma Sept.

Wahi a ka poʻe hoʻohewa, pono nā hoʻololi koke no ka mea ma lalo o ke kānāwai o kēia manawa, ʻaʻole koi ʻia nā moku holo moku e hōʻike i nā hewa koʻikoʻi loa i hana ʻia ma nā kai o ka honua.

Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Congress i nā kānāwai e koi ai i nā moku holo moku e mālama i nā lāʻau e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā make āpau, nā poʻe i nalowale, nā hewa i ʻōlelo ʻia a me nā hoʻopiʻi o nā kaʻa no ka ʻaihue, ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka hoʻouka kaua. E hoʻolako ʻia kēlā ʻike i ka FBI a me ka Coast Guard, a hiki i ka lehulehu ke loaʻa iā ia ma ka Pūnaewele.

Pono nō hoʻi ke kānāwai i nā moku holo moku e loaʻa i nā laka palekana a me nā peepholes ma nā puka o ka mokuahi o nā mea holo. Pono nā moku e mālama i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pale aku ai i ka hoʻoili ʻia ʻana o ka maʻi ma hope o ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana, me nā mea hana e hana ai i nā hoʻokolohua e hoʻoholo ai inā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea holo.

"He ʻumikūmālua miliona ʻAmelika e kau i nā moku holo moana i kēia makahiki, a pono lākou e ʻike ua palekana lākou," wahi a ke Kenekoa Demokarata John Kerry o Massachusetts, ka mea i hui pū me ka Lunamakaʻāinana Demokarata ʻo Doris Matsui o Kaleponi e alakaʻi i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i manaʻo ʻia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Matsui ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e noiʻi i ka pilikia ma hope o ka hoʻopili mua ʻana iā Dishman, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i loaʻa ke kōkua mai ka Royal Caribbean i ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea hoʻouka a i ʻole ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hōʻike ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.

Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻaha kūkā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Matsui ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻohe manaʻo no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ma nā laina holo moku i 40 mau makahiki.

"He mea weliweli maoli ka mea i loaa ia makou," wahi a Matsui. "ʻAʻohe liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe hoʻoponopono o ka ʻoihana holo moku, a he nui loa nā hewa i hoʻopaʻi ʻole ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki."

Ma kahi hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo o ke komite Senate hou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dale o ka Cruise Lines International Association ua hāpai ʻia nā nīnau e pili ana i ka moʻolelo palekana o ka ʻoihana no ka mea "ʻaʻole i ʻoluʻolu ko mākou mālama a me ke aloha i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka pōʻino a i ʻole ka pohō."

ʻAʻole ʻo ia i haʻi i nā hihia kikoʻī akā ua ʻike ʻo ia e hana ana ka ʻoihana i nā tausani o nā hana a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana "nā holomua nui" i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna kaʻina hana palekana i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala.

Ma waena o nā hana i kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dale:

—Hiki ʻia nā mea hele a me nā ukana.

— Hoʻouna ʻia nā papa inoa o nā mea kaʻa i nā luna o ʻAmelika ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana.

— Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia moku kahi luna palekana kūpono a me nā limahana palekana i aʻo ʻia.

—Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā laina holo moku nui a pau i nā limahana e aʻo a kākoʻo i nā ʻohana a me nā kānaka i ka wā o ka pilikia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dale, ua ʻike ʻia nā noiʻi kūʻokoʻa he 95 ka nui o nā poʻe holo moku holo moku i ʻoluʻolu i ko lākou ʻike a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā mea holo moku holo moku he mau mea kūʻai hou aku.

"Ke waiho nei au ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia inā ʻike ʻia ka palekana a i ʻole ka palekana he pilikia koʻikoʻi," wahi a Dale.

Ua komo ʻo Kerry i ka hihia i ka wā i nalowale ai ʻo Merrian Carver o Cambridge, Mass., ma kahi moku holo moana ma 2004. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kerry he mea pīhoihoi kēia hihia no ka mea ʻaʻole haʻi nā limahana i ka FBI ua nalowale ʻo ia a hiki i nā pule ma hope, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kona ʻohana e nīnau i nā nīnau.

"ʻAʻole he hihia kaʻawale ka moʻolelo a Merrian," wahi a Kerry. "ʻOiai nona nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika a me ke keʻena nui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e holo ana nā moku holo moku ma lalo o nā hae haole, e ʻae iā lākou e pale aku i ke kānāwai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka wā ma waho o nā kai ʻāina o ʻAmelika. E pili ana i ka mana o ka hewa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kānāwai. "

Ua like ke kūlana me kahi kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e hoʻomaha ana ma kahi ʻāina ʻē, aia ke kuleana o ka pale ʻana a me ka pane ʻana i ka ʻāina a ke kanaka e kipa aku ai, wahi a Rear Adm. Wayne Justice, ke alakaʻi kōkua no ka pane ʻana me ka US Coast. Kiai.

"ʻOiai ua loaʻa i kekahi mau mea i ʻōlelo ʻia he pepehi kanaka, nalowale a me nā hewa moe kolohe koʻikoʻi i ka nānā pono a me ka hopohopo, ʻaʻohe ʻikepili e hōʻike ai i ka hewa ma nā moku holo moku i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā wahi hoʻomaha ʻē aʻe," wahi a Justice.