Iminenga yokuqala yexesha elide ibonwe eMaui

MA'LAEA, Maui, HI – Iminenga ibuyile! Ukuqala kokubonwa komnenga we-humpback ngexesha lonxweme lwaseMaui kwenzeka kule veki ngoLwesibini, ngo-Oktobha 20, ngokwenqaku elipapashwe kwi-Maui News.

Eli nqaku lichaze iindawo ezininzi zokubona kunxweme lwaseWest Maui ngoLwesibini, ngo-Oktobha 20, kubandakanywa i-pod eyayicingelwa ukuba iqulethe imikhomo emine, ebonwa e-Kahana Ridge, kunye ne-whale eqhekezayo ebonwe e-Honokowai.

“Besilindele ngolangazelelo ukubonwa kokuqala kwesizini,” utshilo uGreg Kaufman, umongameli kunye nomseki wePacific Whale Foundation. “Besiqikelela ukuba iya kuba nayiphi na imini ngoku, ngokusekwe kwimbali yangaphambili. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, sonke siyavuya. Kuhlala kumnandi ukuba neminenga ifike. Siye sabakhumbula ihlobo lonke.

“Ukubonwa kwenyanga ka-Okthobha akunto ingaqhelekanga okanye kusekutsha – enyanisweni, kule minyaka mine idlulileyo, sele iyinto eqhelekileyo. Siye sabonwa ngo-Okthobha ngo-2008, 2007, kunye no-2006. Izinto zokuqala zaqala ukubonakala ngo-Okthobha ngo-2004, 2003, 2001, kunye no-1998.

“Kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, ukubonwa kokuqala okuxeliweyo kwenzeke kwangoNovemba nakwangoko ngoSeptemba. Wabonwa okokuqala ngowama-2002 ngoNovemba 3. Wabonwa okokuqala ngowama-2000 ngoSeptemba 16, yaye owabonwa okokuqala ngowe-1999 yayinguSeptemba 30.”

Iminenga efika eHawaii ihamba umgama omalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2,500 3,000 ukusa kwezingama-XNUMX XNUMX ukusuka kwindawo yayo yokutya ehlotyeni kufuphi neAlaska. Ngoxa iseHawaii, iminenga iyakhwelana ize izale. Imikhomo ayifiki kanye, kodwa kunoko igeleza kwaye iphuma emanzini aseHawaii kulo lonke ubusika, ngokuqhelekileyo kunye nenani elikhulu lokubonwa kwe-whale ngeenyanga zikaFebruwari noMatshi. Iphepha lakutshanje lezenzululwazi elipapashwe yiPacific Whale Foundation libonise ukuba umnenga oyindoda wabonwa eHawaii naseMexico ngexesha elinye lasebusika.

IHawaii yeyona ndawo iphambili yokukhwelana kwelizwe kunye neendawo zokuzala i-humpback whale esengozini. IHawaii ikwalikhaya kuphela kweNational Marine Sanctuary enikezelwe kumnenga osengozini yokuphela, iHawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

Kucingelwa ukuba inani leminenga yoMntla wePasifiki liya lisanda ngomlinganiselo osusela kwisi-5 ukusa kwisi-7 ekhulwini nyaka ngamnye. Ngoku, iminenga idweliswe njengesengozini phantsi kwe-US Endangered Species Act.

I-Pacific Whale Foundation irekhoda inani elonyukayo lokubonwa ngoNovemba. Unokufunda i-Pacific Whale Foundation ye-whale kunye ne-dolphin sightings log www.pacificwhale.org/sight/index.php.