An item reported that the Western Australia’s whaling industry earned in the 1955 whaling season around £ 1,156,000 with totally 1,120 whales caught each with an average return of £ 1,032. The oil shipments were finished in November with a return of £ 106/ton, whale meal for stock fodder had a market price of £ 48/ton, dried whale solubles £ 65/ton. Baleen or whalebone was in the 1955 season not exported despite that 377 tons could be sold in the previous year.
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Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.
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