Whale watching in Los Cóbanos, El Salvador: a first approach to the activity

• Published in: Realidad y Reflexión
• Main Authors: Castaneda, Melvin Giovanni, Vázquez Cuevas, Marlenne, Flores Escalante, Álvaro Humberto, Salgado López, José Dagoberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Francisco Gavidia 2021
• Subjects: whale watching; Megaptera novaeangliae; humpback whale; Los Cóbanos; El Salvador; avistamiento de cetáceos; ballena jorobada; Jorobada; Ballena jorobada; Humpback Whale
• Online Access: https://www.camjol.info/index.php/RyR/article/view/12071; https://doi.org/10.5377/ryr.v54i54.12071

In El Salvador, cetaceans have been little studied. Due to their regular migratory habits and association with the coasts; some species such as the humpback whale have been the focus of whale watching tourism in recent years. This type of tourism is growing rapidly around the world: one of its chall...