2022年11月13日 VOA慢速英語：亞馬遜地區(qū)的受控捕撈有助于拯救巨大的瀕危魚類

 

A controlled fishing system in Brazil's Amazon River area is helping to save an endangered fish.
巴西亞馬遜河地區(qū)的一個受控捕魚系統(tǒng)正在幫助拯救一種瀕臨滅絕的魚類。

The fish is the pirarucú. It is also known in Brazil as arapaima. The pirarucú is believed to be the largest of 2,300 different kinds of fish known to live in the Amazon Basin. It can grow to be three meters long and weigh up to 200 kilograms.
這種魚就是巨骨舌魚。它在巴西也被稱為巨骨舌魚。巨骨舌魚被認為是已知生活在亞馬遜盆地的 2,300 種不同魚類中最大的一種。它可以長到三米長，重達 200 公斤。

The fish mostly live in lakes across large areas of the Brazilian Amazon. They are carnivores, meaning they feed on other fish.
這種魚主要生活在巴西亞馬遜大片地區(qū)的湖泊中。它們是食肉動物，這意味著它們以其他魚類為食。

The pirarucú is considered endangered because of overfishing. Illegal fishing activities left many communities struggling to find the fish, which traditionally is an important food.
由于過度捕撈，巨骨舌魚被認為瀕臨滅絕。非法捕魚活動使許多社區(qū)都在努力尋找魚，而魚在傳統(tǒng)上是一種重要的食物。
 
In recent years, however, illegal fishing of the pirarucú has been sharply reduced. And the fish has increasingly been recovering. The Associated Press (AP) reports the improvements came after efforts that included close cooperation between communities and complex logistics.
然而，近年來，空腹魚的非法捕撈急劇減少。魚越來越多地恢復。美聯(lián)社 (AP) 報道說，這些改進是在社區(qū)之間的密切合作和復雜的物流等努力之后實現(xiàn)的。

One of the unusual things about pirarucú is that they need to breathe air to survive. The fish need to take at least one breath every 20 minutes. They rise to the surface to do so.
關于 pirarucú 的一個不尋常的事情是它們需要呼吸空氣才能生存。魚需要每 20 分鐘至少呼吸一次。它們會浮出水面這樣做。

This behavior by the fish makes it easier to count how many pirarucú are active in an area. A count of the fish is now carried out once a year by fishermen trained to use the method. By law, only 30 percent of pirarucú in a certain area can be fished the following year.
魚的這種行為可以更容易地計算一個區(qū)域內有多少個食人魚活躍?，F(xiàn)在，受過使用該方法培訓的漁民每年都會對魚進行一次計數。根據法律規(guī)定，在某個地區(qū)，次年只能捕撈 30% 的 pirarucú。

Pirarucú fishing is now done once a year, around September, the period when water levels are lowest.
現(xiàn)在每年進行一次 pirarucú 捕撈，大約在 9 月左右，即 perio
 
Efforts have led to increases in the pirarucú population in areas where it is used. In the Sao Raimundo area, there were 1,335 pirarucús in nearby lakes in 2011, when controlled fishing began. Last year, records showed there were 4,092.
努力導致使用地區(qū)的巨骨舌魚數量增加。在 Sao Raimundo 地區(qū)，2011 年附近的湖泊中有 1,335 條巨骨舌魚，當時開始進行受控捕撈。去年，記錄顯示有 4,092 只。

In the Carauari area, the number of pirarucú rose from 4,916 to 46,839 between 2011 and 2021.
2011 年至 2021 年間，在 Carauari 地區(qū)，巨骨舌魚的數量從 4,916 只增加到 46,839 只。

Manoel Cunha leads a group of workers involved in the rubber trade in Sao Raimundo. He told the AP the controlled fishing efforts have greatly reduced illegal catch operations in the area. "You have been on this river for days now, and you have not seen any fishing boats except the ones from our organizations," Cunha said. "There is no more room for them here."
Manoel Cunha 帶領一群在圣雷蒙多從事橡膠貿易的工人。他告訴美聯(lián)社，受控的捕魚活動大大減少了該地區(qū)的非法捕撈活動。 “你已經在這條河上呆了好幾天了，除了我們組織的漁船，你沒有看到任何漁船，”庫尼亞說。 “這里容不下他們了。”

A sister of Cunha, Rosilda, said the pirarucú bring money into the community. "Our pirarucú is so tasty, everybody that eats it falls in love with it and wants more," she said.
Cunha 的姐姐 Rosilda 說，皮拉魯庫人給社區(qū)帶來了收入。 “我們的 pirarucú 太好吃了
 
In the Amazon, the fish is generally salted, sun dried and sold in local markets. It is also exported to the United States and Mexico.
在亞馬遜地區(qū)，魚通常被腌制、曬干并在當地市場出售。它還出口到美國和墨西哥。

Processing of the fish is completed by members of the Association of Rural Producers of Carauari, known as Asproc. It is an organization created by local rubber workers who wanted to free themselves from slave-like working conditions.
魚的加工由 Carauari 農村生產者協(xié)會（稱為 Asproc）的成員完成。這是一個由當地橡膠工人創(chuàng)建的組織，他們希望擺脫奴隸般的工作條件。

The organization permits community members to share in the profits of harvesting the fish.
該組織允許社區(qū)成員分享捕撈魚類的利潤。
 
Asproc currently runs other programs on everything from waste control to community markets to higher education. The organization sells pirarucú to Brazil's main cities including Sao Paulo and Brasília. This is a complex process that involves several days of transportation by boat and road, taking up to two weeks.
Asproc 目前還開展其他項目，涉及從廢物控制到社區(qū)市場再到高等教育的方方面面。該組織向包括圣保羅和巴西利亞在內的巴西主要城市銷售巨骨舌魚。這是一個復雜的過程，涉及數天的水路運輸，最多需要兩周時間。
 
Asproc has formed partnerships with two American government agencies, the U.S. Forest Service and the Agency for International Development (USAID). Both have supported the area's controlled fishing and processing operations.
Asproc 與兩個美國政府機構——美國林務局和國際開發(fā)署 (USAID) 建立了合作伙伴關系。兩者都支持該地區(qū)的受控捕魚和加工作業(yè)。
 
"This project is unique as it requires a strong governance structure," said Ted Gehr, USAID's mission director in Brazil. "Everybody is in agreement that they may have to sacrifice and not be able to fish all of the pirarucú that are available… but knowing that they'll reproduce more, and that in the long run they will be more valuable," Gehr added.
“這個項目是獨一無二的，因為它需要一個強有力的治理結構，”美國國際開發(fā)署巴西任務主任泰德格爾說。 “每個人都同意，他們可能不得不犧牲，無法捕撈所有可用的巨骨舌魚……但知道它們會繁殖更多，而且從長遠來看，它們會更有價值，”蓋爾補充道。