Panama Saves Whales, Protects World Trade

The proposal for the implementation of four Traffic Separation Schemes for commercial vessels that enter and exit the Panama Canal has now been approved. Based on studies by Smithsonian marine ecologist Hector Guzman, the new shipping lanes are positioned to minimize overlap between shipping routes and humpback whale migration routes and reduce vessel speed four months a year at the peak of the whale overwintering season. Several cetacean species move through the ...