Figure 1

Migratory destinations of humpback whales observed off (a) northern Nicaragua (N-NI) (unique individuals n = 62), (b) southern Nicaragua (S-NI) (unique individuals n = 101), (c) individuals observed in both sites with equal recapture ratios (unique individuals n = 13) and (d) both the northern and southern sites combined. Numbers in brackets represent the number of individuals observed per feeding sites defined in the feeding ground (FG). Note that one individual could be observed in multiple feeding sites. Feeding sites: BC, British Columbia; WA, Washington; OR, Oregon; NCA, northern California; CCA, central California; SCA, southern California. The background map was created with the QGIS 3.22.5 software (www.qgis.org), using country administrative boundaries provided by Diva-GIS (http://www.diva-gis.org/).