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Saturday, 18 October 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1845

Number of ships and barks 643

Number of brigs 35

Number of schooners and sloops 18

Aggregate tonnage 218,655

Barrels of sperm oil 157,917

Barrels of whale oil 272,730

Pounds of whale bone 3,167.142

Value of imports $ 9,128,235.67

Source

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America described and illustrated together with an account of the American whale-fishery. Charles M. Scammon. San, Francisco, USA, 1874. 

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