American whalers fitted out at Cape Ann and their catch results between 1787-1789

Numbers of whalers yearly fitted out for the Southern whale fishery 2

Total tonnage 350 tons

Number of employed seamen 28

Number of barrels whale oil yearly taken 1,200

Source

John MacGregor. The progress of America from the discovery by Columbus to the year 1846. Vol II. London, 1847, p. 588.