Imikhomo yokuqala yesizini yabona i-Maui

MA'LAEA, Maui, HI – Imikhomo ibuyile! Ukubonwa komkhomo wokuqala we-humpback wesizini ngasogwini lwaseMaui kwenzeke kuleli sonto ngoLwesibili, Okthoba 20, ngokusho kwesihloko esishicilelwe ku-Maui News.

Isihloko sabika ngokubonwa kaningi ngasogwini lwaseWest Maui ngoLwesibili, Okthoba 20, okuhlanganisa i-pod okucatshangwa ukuthi iqukethe imikhomo emine, ebonwe e-Kahana Ridge, kanye nomkhomo ogqekeza obonwe ngase-Honokowai.

“Besikulindele ngabomvu ukubona okokuqala kwesizini,” kusho uGreg Kaufman, umongameli nomsunguli wePacific Whale Foundation. “Besihlawumbisela ukuthi kungaba yinoma yiluphi usuku manje, sibheka umlando wakudala. Akudingekile ukusho, sonke sijabule. Kuhlale kumnandi ukufika kwemikhomo. Sibakhumbule ihlobo lonke.

“Ukubonwa kuka-Okthoba akuyona into engavamile noma kusenesikhathi – empeleni, phakathi neminyaka emine edlule, sekuyinto evamile. Sike sabonwa ngo-Okthoba ngo-2008, 2007, nango-2006. Ukubuka kokuqala kwesizini kuphinde kwenzeka ngo-Okthoba ngo-2004, 2003, 2001, kanye no-1998.

“Kule minyaka eyishumi eyedlule, ukubonwa kokuqala okubikiwe kwenzeke ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba nasekuqaleni kukaSepthemba. Ukubonwa kokuqala kuka-2002 kwenzeka ngo-November 3. Ukubonwa kokuqala kuka-2000 kwaba ngo-September 16, kanti okokuqala kwabonwa ngo-1999 kwakungu-September 30."

Imikhomo okuthiwa i-humpback eza eHawaii ihamba ibanga elingamakhilomitha angaba ngu-2,500 3,000 kuya kwangu-XNUMX XNUMX ukusuka ezindaweni zayo zokudla ehlobo eduze kwase-Alaska. Lapho iseHawaii, imikhomo ikhwelana futhi izale. Imikhomo ayifiki ngesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa kunalokho igeleza iphinde iphume emanzini aseHawaii phakathi nobusika bonke, ngokuvamile inenani elikhulu lokubonwa kwemikhomo phakathi nezinyanga zikaFebhuwari noMashi. Iphepha lakamuva lesayensi elishicilelwe yi-Pacific Whale Foundation libonise ukuthi umkhomo we-humpback wesilisa wabonwa eHawaii naseMexico phakathi nenkathi efanayo yasebusika.

I-Hawaii iyisizinda esiyinhloko sesizwe sokukhwelana nokuzala i-humpback whale esengozini. I-Hawaii futhi iyikhaya le-National Marine Sanctuary enikezelwe kumkhomo osengozini yokushabalala, i-Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

Inani lemikhomo yaseNyakatho Pacific kucatshangwa ukuthi landa ngesilinganiso samaphesenti amahlanu kuya kwangu-5 unyaka ngamunye. Njengamanje, imikhomo ibhalwe njengesengozini ngaphansi kwe-US Endangered Species Act.

I-Pacific Whale Foundation imvamisa irekhoda amanani andayo okubonwayo ngoNovemba. Ungafunda ilogi ye-Pacific Whale Foundation ye-whale namahlengethwa kokuthi www.pacificwhale.org/sight/index.php.