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Saturday, 8 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1854

Number of ships and barks 602

Number of brigs 28

Number of schooners and sloops 38

Aggregate tonnage 208,399

Barrels of sperm oil 73,696

Barrels of whale oil 319,837

Pounds of whale bone 3,445,200

Value of imports $ 10,710.748.80

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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