History of whaling in and near North Carolina

• Main Authors: Reeves, Randall R., Mitchell, Edward
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service 1988
• Subjects: Fisheries; Cape Lookout; Lookout; Lookout The; Lookout, The; Eubalaena glacialis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/20544

This study aims to reconstruct the history of shore whaling in the southeastern United States, emphasizing statistics on the catch of right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, the preferred targets. The earliest record of whaling in North Carolina is of a proposed voyage from New York in 1667. Early settle...