300
Fig. 12.2 Overall distribution of cetacean sightings during SWFSC-NOAA surveys between 1979
and 2016 in Costa Rica and Panama. (a) Distribution of cetacean sightings in the Pacific EEZ of
Coasta Rica and Panama. (b) Survey effort for Panama. (c) Survey effort for Costa Rica (Data
provided by Dr. Tim Gerrodette)
Fig. 12.3 Spotted and bottlenose dolphins feeding on fish discharged by shrimp fishing boats in in
Central Pacific waters of Costa Rica (Photos by Jose D. Palacios)
12.2 Caribbean Coast
In the Caribbean only nine of the 29 expected species for both Costa Rica and
Panama have been confirmed (May-Collado 2009). These species are the pilot
whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), killer whales (Orcinus orca), false killer
whales (Pseudorca crassidens), Guiana dolphins, spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), rough-toothed dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), and the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima). This low number of confirmed
L.J. May-Collado et al.
Fig. 12.2 Overall distribution of cetacean sightings during SWFSC-NOAA surveys between 1979
and 2016 in Costa Rica and Panama. (a) Distribution of cetacean sightings in the Pacific EEZ of
Coasta Rica and Panama. (b) Survey effort for Panama. (c) Survey effort for Costa Rica (Data
provided by Dr. Tim Gerrodette)
Fig. 12.3 Spotted and bottlenose dolphins feeding on fish discharged by shrimp fishing boats in in
Central Pacific waters of Costa Rica (Photos by Jose D. Palacios)
12.2 Caribbean Coast
In the Caribbean only nine of the 29 expected species for both Costa Rica and
Panama have been confirmed (May-Collado 2009). These species are the pilot
whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), killer whales (Orcinus orca), false killer
whales (Pseudorca crassidens), Guiana dolphins, spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), rough-toothed dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), and the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima). This low number of confirmed
L.J. May-Collado et al.