I-MA'ALAEA (MAUI), HI - umongameli wePacific Whale Foundation uGreg Kaufman wethula inkulumo ethi “I-Eco-Friendly Whalewatching: Akulula Ngaso Sonke Isikhathi Ukuba Luhlaza” emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi ngezemvelo owawuse-Provincetown, Massachusetts eHiebert Marine Laboratory ngo. Ephreli 24-26.
Lo mhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi wezinsuku ezintathu ubusingathwe yi-Dolphin Fleet yase-Provincetown, i-Provincetown Centre for Coastal Studies kanye ne-Whale kanye ne-Dolphin Conservation Society. Inhloso yomhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi waminyaka yonke bekuwukufundisa othisha besayensi yezemvelo/besayensi, abaqeqeshwayo, amavolontiya, kanye nalabo ababambe iqhaza ngokuqondile ekubukeni kwemikhomo noma ucwaningo esifundeni saseGulf of Maine. Le ngqungquthela yayihlanganisa izinkulumo zasekuseni ezazikhuluma ngesimo semikhomo emikhulu nezimvu zamanzi esifundeni, i-oceanography ebonakalayo, kanye nokukhathazeka kwamanje ngokongiwa kwemvelo. Imihlangano yokucobelelana yantambama yayihlanganisa, ethi, “Plankton and the Ecosystem,” eyayihlanganisa izinkulumo kanye nokuhlonzwa ngezandla kwezinhlobo eziningi zezinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo kanye “Nezinhlu Zokuhlonza Isithombe,” ezazihlanganisa indlela engcono kakhulu yokuzisebenzisa ngayo kokubili njengethuluzi lokucwaninga nemfundo.
Ihlobo yisikhathi lapho ama-humpback whale adla khona esifundeni sase-Gulf of Maine, neningi lemikhomo etholakala endaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Stellwagen Bank, esogwini lwaseMassachusetts. Le ndawo inenani elikhulu lama-sand lance (owaziwa nangokuthi ama-sand eels), ahlinzeka ngokudla okuhle kakhulu kwemikhomo. I-Stellwagen Bank iyi-National Marine Sanctuary. Cishe izinkampani eziyishumi nambili ezisebenza ngewashi lomkhomo kule ndawo.
“Ishabhu ilungiselela inkathi yabo yewashi lomkhomo ehlobo,” kusho uKaufman. “Ngiyajabula ukuletha inzuzo yesipiliyoni seminyaka engu-29 sePacific Whale Foundation ngokubuka imikhomo e-Maui ukuze ngihlanganyele nababuki bemikhomo ogwini olusempumalanga. Futhi ngangikuthanda ukuzwa ngemibono kanye nolwazi lwabo. Yindawo enhle yokufunda komunye nomunye.”
I-Pacific Whale Foundation yanikeza amawashi omkhomo okuqala okufundisa eMaui ngo-1980 ngokushaja imikhumbi ngezimpelasonto. Ososayensi abavela ePacific Whale Foundation bahole lawa mawashi omkhomo, besebenzela ukufundisa umphakathi ngemikhomo ngokombono wesayensi.
Kamuva, iPacific Whale Foundation yathenga imikhumbi kanye nezimvume zokuziqhubela awayo amawashi omkhomo. Kuleli qophelo, i-Pacific Whale Foundation yaqala ukwengeza izazi zemvelo ukuhola ukuvakasha. I-Pacific Whale Foundation inohlelo oluphelele lokuqeqesha nokuqinisekisa izazi zayo zemvelo. Ukuze abe isazi sezemvelo, umuntu kufanele abe neziqu ku-biology, imfundo yezemvelo, i-ecology, noma isayensi ehlobene, futhi kufanele aqedele uchungechunge lwamakilasi nezivivinyo eziqondene nemvelo yasolwandle yaseHawaii, kanye nesitifiketi sosizo lokuqala, i-lifeguarding, i-CPR, kanye Ukusetshenziswa kwe-AED.
“Size senza nezinhlelo zokuqeqesha izazi zemvelo nabaqhubi bezikebhe e-Ecuador, lapho ukubuka imikhomo sekuphenduke amandla omnotho akhulayo,” kusho uKaufman.
Njengamanje, abasebenzi basePacific Whale Foundation bahlanganisa abangaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu Abaqinisekisiwe Bemvelo Yasolwandle. Uhambo ngalunye lwewashi lomkhomo aluholwanga noyedwa, kodwa ithimba lezazi zemvelo, ngakho-ke izivakashi zikwazi ukufinyelela kalula kusazi semvelo esinguchwepheshe uma kufanele zibe nemibuzo.
“Lapho ufunda ukuphawula kwezivakashi zethu, kuyacaca ukuthi ziyazithanda izazi zethu zemvelo, ezivame ukuchazwa njengezinolwazi ngokwedlulele, ezinobungane, futhi ezishisekayo,” kusho uKaufman. "Bawumgogodla we-ecotours yethu yezemfundo."
I-Pacific Whale Foundation iphinde iqeqeshe okaputeni bayo ngomkhankaso wayo othi “Be Whale Aware” ukuvimbela ukuphazamiseka kwemikhomo nezinye izilwane zasendle. Imikhumbi yakhona ifakwe imikhumbi evala umsindo nezinjini ezithule ukuze kuvikelwe izilwane zasendle ezingezwa msindo, kanye nemishini yokuqala yesizwe Yokuvikela Imikhomo emikhunjini yezentengiselwano, ukuze iqondise imikhomo kude nophephela kanye nezimpahla zokugijima.
Inkulumo ka-Kaufman, enesihloko esithi, “I-Eco-Friendly Whalewatching: Akulula Kakhulu Ukuba Luhlaza Ngaso Sonke isikhathi,” yabelane ngokunye okuhlangenwe nakho okuqondile kwe-Pacific Whale Foundation ngokumodela indlela yokuziphatha eco-friendly kubavakashi bayo nokusebenzisa imikhiqizo eco-friendly. “Isibonelo, lapho siqala ukusebenzisa izinkomishi ezingaboli, sathola ukuthi zazibola ngokushesha uma sizigcina endaweni efudumele,” kusho uKaufman. “Kuze kube sifunda ukuthi sizigcina kanjani, sibe nezinkomishi ezivele ziqhekeke uma uthela iziphuzo kuzo. Lesi ngesinye sezifundo ezincane esizifunde endleleni.”
I-Pacific Whale Foundation yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo esekelwe e-Maui, enamaphrojekthi e-Ecuador nase-Australia. Umgomo wePacific Whale Foundation ukukhuthaza ukwazisa, ukuqonda, nokuvikelwa kwemikhomo, amahlengethwa, izixhobo zamakhorali, kanye nezilwandle zomhlaba wethu. Lokhu bakufeza ngokufundisa umphakathi - ngokombono wesayensi - mayelana nemvelo yasolwandle. Basekela futhi baqhube ucwaningo lwasolwandle olunomthwalo wemfanelo futhi babhekane nezinkinga zokongiwa kolwandle eHawaii nasePacific. Ngokusebenzisa i-ecotours efundisayo, bamodela futhi bakhuthaze izinqubo eziphusile ze-ecotourism kanye nokubuka izilwane zasendle ezinomthwalo wemfanelo.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi, vakashela ku-www.pacificwhale.org noma shayela ku-1-800-942-5311 ext. 1.
