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Tallying of barrels of oil taken with capture of each sperm whale. The largestyield was 150 barrels while the average yield was 76 barrels. From theBark OHIO out of New Bedford tallying take from 1875 until 1878. The smallbottles contain whale oil samples. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection | S. Shapiro)