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The 179 t harvest of small salmon was the lowest of record, 52% of the 1991 harvest and 32% of the previous 5 year mean and 27% of the 20 year mean. [...] In the recreational fishery, the numbers of retained small and large salmon in Labrador at the time quotas were reached, were higher than the 1991 angling season which had the lowest catches on record. [...] It is possible that Atlantic salmon normally taken in the commercial fishery in SF A 3 contributed to catches in Labrador in 1992; in the past, Labrador-origin salmon have been intercepted in SFA 3. The low catch of small salmon in the commercial fishery coupled with average and less than average catches in the recreational fishery suggest abundance was low in 1992. [...] Insular Newfoundland The catch of 12,271 small salmon retained in the recreational fishery in 1992 was compared to the catch to the same date for the period 1984-91. [...] In relation to the 198489 and 1986-91 means, increases occurred for all rivers except Biscay Bay River (SFA 9), Northeast Brook, Trepassey, and Conne River where the low escapements of large salmon in 1992, in these rivers, could be related to low escapements of virgin grilse in 1991 as most of the fish classified as large salmon in rivers in the insular Newfoundland portion of the Newfoundland Re.