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Friday, 7 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1853

Number of ships and barks 599

Number of brigs 30

Number of schooners and sloops 22

Aggregate tonnage 206,286

Barrels of sperm oil 103,077

Barrels of whale oil 260,114

Pounds of whale bone 5,652,300

Value of imports $ 10,730,637.94

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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