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Saturday, 29 November 2025

The results of the American whaling in 1871

Number of ships and barks 216

Number of brigs 18

Number of schooners and sloops 54

Aggregate tonnage 76,212

Barrels of sperm oil 41,534

Barrels of whale oil 75,152

Pounds of whale bone 600,655

Value of imports $ 3,907,071.65

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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