DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Humpback whales for centuries have preferred spending winters in the waters off Puerto Plata and Samana. A study presented at the Third World Humpback Whale Congress taking place in Santo Domingo and Samana from 6 to 10 March 2023 gave research data on this phenomenon.

Environment Minister Miguel Ceara Hatton spoke during the opening of the Third World Humpback Whale Congress at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD).

As covered in Hoy, Ceara Hatton reported that recent studies show that 85% of these mammals that migrate from the Atlantic Ocean concentrate in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, specifically in Samaná. The whales come to mate and reproduce and are sighted here from January to April.

In his welcoming remarks, Ceara Hatton maintained that the DR’s conservationist stance for the protection of crustaceans and marine mammals, in general...