NewsWhore
03-12-2007, 06:10 PM
The whale watching season in currently in full swing in Samana, and an estimated 30,000 visitors are expected this year. The Samana Whale Sanctuary is winter breeding and calving grounds for the seven to nine thousand humpback whales that visit the island each year. Of the approximately 150,000 humpbacks that used to live in the Atlantic, only about 10,000 are still alive. According to locally based marine biologist Kim Bedall, the whale- watching season is from 15 January to 15 April each year.
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