Umkhomo ofile uqokomisa amaphutha amakhulu nemboni yokudoba i-octopus eFalse Bay

Omunye umkhoma u-Bryde ongamamitha angu-12 oshonile utholwe e-False Bay eduze naseKapa ngeledlule ngemuva kokubhajwa yizintambo ze-octopus trap. Izicupho bezilokhu zisetshenziswa inkampani eyodwa kusukela ngo-1998, okuthiwa ngaphansi “kwemvume yokuhlola”.

Amalungu omphakathi abone umkhoma obambekile - owesilisa omdala oneminyaka engaba yishumi ubudala - cishe amakhilomitha amabili ukusuka olwandle ukusuka eMiller's Point, okuyindawo eyaziwayo yokwethula izikebhe endaweni evikelekile yolwandle iTable Mountain National Park.

Ithimba elivela eDolobheni laseKapa elisesikebheni esidonsa umoya lisike lo mkhoma ofile ngaphandle kwezintambo futhi lahudula isidumbu esingamathani ayisithupha eslayinini ukuze lisuswe ngeloli liye endaweni okulahlwa kuyo udoti eVisserhoek enyakatho neMelkbos, lapho langcwatshwa khona.

Ofakazi bakulesi silayidi bakhulume ngendlela umzimba womkhomo obususwe ngayo kakhulu, kukhombisa izimpawu zemizamo ebuhlungu futhi engenamsebenzi yokuzikhulula ezintanjeni zenayiloni ezicishe zibe ngamasentimitha amahlanu. Ulimi lomkhomo lwaluvele luphazamisekile futhi lwaqunjelwa.

Umkhomo kaBryde oshonile (obizwa ngokuthi “uBrooders”) umkhomo wesithupha eFalse Bay oshone ngenxa yokuminza ezintanjeni zokubamba izingwane eminyakeni emine eyedlule, kusho isikhulu seDolobha laseKapa esisebenza ekuphathweni kogu esacela ukungadalulwa. .

"Okungenani imikhomo eyisishiyagalombili ibhajwe, kwashona abayisithupha," kuchaza isikhulu sedolobha. "Kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi zombili lezo zinombolo zibukelwa phansi, njengoba singawazi kahle wonke amacala."

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili, ngoMgqibelo umhla ka-8 kuNhlangulana, amavolontiya akhulula umkhomo omncane we-humpback ezintanjeni ze-octopus trap, futhi ngaseMiller's Point.

"Sithole inkonyane lomkhomo iHumpback libhajwe ngentambo emzimbeni walo nasemaphikweni alo futhi liboshelwe embhedeni wolwandle," kusho uCraig Lambinon waseSAWDN. "Bekukhona umkhomo omkhulu esisola ukuthi uyilungu lomndeni lale nkonyane."

Ukufa komkhomo kanye nokubambeka komkhomo kaBryde kwenzeka ekuqaleni kwenkathi yemikhomo yaseKapa, ​​lapho imikhomo eminingi kakhulu ibonwa emanzini aseKapa ebusika nasentwasahlobo. Amadolobha namadolobha afana neCape Town, iHermanus nePlettenberg Bay anikela ngokubuka imikhomo okususelwa esikebheni kanye nasemhlabeni. Izinhlobo ezivame ukubonwa kakhulu zibandakanya imikhomo yaseSouth Right, Humpback kanye nemikhomo kaBryde.

Yinkampani eyodwa kuphela esebenze izingibe zokudoba i-octopus kusukela ngo-1998 ngaphansi kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "imvume yokuhlola", enikezwe nguMnyango wezoLimo, amaHlathi nezokuDoba.

Isikhulu sedolobha sichaze ukuthi inhloso yemvume yokuhlola wukuthola ngocwaningo lwesayensi ukuthi ngabe ukudotshwa kwe-octopus kuyasebenza yini.

“Kodwa ngokwazi kwethu, akukho kuhlaziywa kwesayensi okwake kwenziwa futhi inkampani iyaqhubeka nokusebenza, ibamba izinkulungwane ze-octopus ngaphandle kokuhlolwa kokuqina. Futhi imikhomo iyaqhubeka nokufa. Ucwaningo oluhlulekile, futhi indawo yokudoba idinga ukuvalwa ngokushesha okukhulu. ”

Ngokuya ngemibandela yezimvume, inkampani ivunyelwe ukusebenza ezindaweni eziningi eFalse Bay, ibeka izingibe ezingamakhulu amaningana ezansi kolwandle kolayini abangawela phakathi kwamakhilomitha amahlanu kuya kwangama-20.

Okubizwa ngokuthi "izimbiza" - noma izingibe - zilele phansi olwandle, futhi zixhunywe ngamaketanga asindayo nezintambo eziholile. Lezi zingabamba imikhomo, zibambe izilwane ngaphansi komhlaba, ekugcineni zizicwilise.

Kusukela ngo-1998 inkampani isuse amathani afinyelela kwangama-50 e-octopus ngonyaka eFalse Bay. Izicupho ekuqaleni zazithathwa “njengezinobungani bemvelo”, ngoba ukubamba ngokungazelelwe kwakuthathwa njengokuphansi ngokwamukelekayo. Kepha sekuyiminyaka eminingana ukubambeka nokufa kwemikhomo kuveze ukukhathazeka ngokusebenza ngokuzimisela nangokomnotho kwemboni.

Umthwebuli wezithombe nomenzi wamafilimu uCraig Foster wayekhona emgwaqeni uMiller's Point lapho umkhomo ofile ulethwa osebeni. Sekuphele iminyaka eyishumi edonsile cishe zonke izinsuku eFalse Bay, ebhala ngempilo yasolwandle njengengxenye yeSea Change Project, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebambisene nochwepheshe bezinto zasolwandle abavela eNyuvesi yaseKapa.

“Kungani le nkampani encane ivunyelwe ukubaleka nalokhu? Isebenzisa abantu abambalwa kuphela. IFalse Bay ingesinye sezikhungo zezinto eziphilayo zaseNingizimu Afrika, futhi akekho owaziyo ukuthi imboni yokudoba i-octopus inamthelela muni kuzo zonke ezinye izinhlobo zasolwandle. ”

"Akukho emthethweni ukuthi umphakathi uthinte umkhomo ngaphansi kwamamitha angama-300, bese uzibeka engcupheni yenhlawulo yokugqunywa ejele noma izinkulungwane eziyikhulu zamarandi," kusho uFoster. “Kodwa inkampani edobayo ekugcineni inesibopho sokubulala imikhomo, futhi ingatholi inhlawulo noma ukumiswa? Akwenzi mqondo nhlobo. ”

Izindleko zezimali zokuphazamisa nokukhulula imikhomo ebanjiwe, nokulahlwa kwemikhomo efile, zibalulekile, kepha inkampani ayinacala.

“Kubiza imali, isikhathi nokuzikhandla ukunqanda lo mkhoma, ukuwudonsela ogwini, ukuluhambisa ngamaloli endaweni yokulahla udoti, bese uyangcwaba,” kuchaza isikhulu sedolobha. “Inkampani ayiyikhokhi le mali, idolobha nabakhokhi bentela. Izakhamizi zikuxhasa ngempumelelo ukubulawa kwemikhomo ngenkathi inkampani ivunyelwe ukudoba izinkulungwane ze-octopus eFalse Bay ngezindleko ezinkulu kwezemvelo, ezomnotho nezokuziphatha. ”

“Akungathi le nkampani iqashe amakhulu abantu bendawo, noma iphakela ukudla ezimakethe zakule ndawo. Yonke i-octopus ifakwa eqhweni bese ithunyelwa emazweni ase-Asia. Inkampani encane edobayo iyahlomula ngenkathi isithombe samazwe omhlaba saseKapa njengendawo yezokuvakasha sonakaliswa kakhulu ngokubulawa kwemikhomo. ”