<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Reporting Group</th><th colspan="3">2017</th><th colspan="3">2018</th></tr><tr><th>Total</th><th>Small</th><th>Large</th><th>Total</th><th>Small</th><th>Large</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Western Newfoundland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Newfoundland</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 1.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 2.4)</td></tr><tr><td>Labrador South</td><td>32.8 (28.4, 37.5)</td><td>32.9 (27.0, 39.0)</td><td>33.2 (26.2, 40.5)</td><td>40.4 (35.5, 45.3)</td><td>51.9 (45.8, 58.0)</td><td>19.6 (12.5, 27.4)</td></tr><tr><td>Lake Melville</td><td>48.4 (43.6, 53.0)</td><td>50.8 (44.8, 56.8)</td><td>46.2 (38.6, 54.0)</td><td>35.6 (31.0, 40.1)</td><td>28.5 (23.4, 33.9)</td><td>47.5 (38.9, 56.3)</td></tr><tr><td>Labrador Central</td><td>17.0 (13.1, 21.3)</td><td>15.4 (10.6, 20.7)</td><td>17.0 (11.0, 23.8)</td><td>23.5 (19.1, 28.3)</td><td>19.0 (13.9, 24.4)</td><td>31.7 (23.2, 40.7)</td></tr><tr><td>Ungava</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.5 (0.0, 2.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Samples</td><td>495</td><td>294</td><td>189</td><td>499</td><td>325</td><td>153</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.1.5.3. Genetic mixture analysis of Labrador subsistence fisheries subset by fishing zone, for 2017 and 2018, using the SNP range wide baseline. Mean and 95% credible interval percent values by range wide reporting groups are shown (Figure 4.1.5.1 and Figure 4.1.5.2). Note that credible intervals with a lower bound including zero indicate little support for the mean assignment value.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Reporting Group</th><th colspan="3">2017</th><th colspan="3">2018</th></tr><tr><th>SFA 1A</th><th>SFA 1B</th><th>SFA 2</th><th>SFA 1A</th><th>SFA 1B</th><th>SFA 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Spain</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>European Broodstock</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom/Ireland</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.5)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td></tr><tr><td>Barents-White Seas</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Baltic Sea</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Southern Norway</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.6)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Norway</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Greenland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Maine, United States</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>1.1 (0.1, 3.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Western Nova Scotia</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Eastern Nova Scotia</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Inner Bay of Fundy</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Gulf of St Lawrence</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td></tr><tr><td>St. John River &amp; Aquaculture</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Québec City Region</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Gaspe Peninsula</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.9)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.5 (0.0, 2.1)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td></tr><tr><td>Anticosti</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>St Lawrence N. Shore Lower</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.8 (0.0, 3.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td></tr><tr><td>Newfoundland 2</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Fortune Bay</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Burin Peninsula</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 2.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td></tr><tr><td>Avalon Peninsula</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td></tr><tr><td>Newfoundland 1</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>1.1 (0.1, 3.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Reporting Group</th><th colspan="3">2017</th><th colspan="3">2018</th></tr><tr><th>SFA 1A</th><th>SFA 1B</th><th>SFA 2</th><th>SFA 1A</th><th>SFA 1B</th><th>SFA 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Western Newfoundland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Newfoundland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.5 (0.0, 2.0)</td><td>0.8 (0.0, 2.8)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Labrador South</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 2.6)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 2.4)</td><td>88.9 (82.8, 93.8)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 4.6)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 2.9)</td><td>98.1 (95.4, 99.6)</td></tr><tr><td>Lake Melville</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.9)</td><td>97.6 (95.2, 99.3)</td><td>1.8 (0.4, 4.4)</td><td>5.5 (1.3, 11.7)</td><td>97.2 (92.6, 99.8)</td><td>1.3 (0.2, 3.6)</td></tr><tr><td>Labrador Central</td><td>98.6 (94.4, 100)</td><td>1.4 (0.1, 3.6)</td><td>4.4 (1.0, 9.4)</td><td>91.6 (84.8, 96.9)</td><td>1.9 (0.0, 6.1)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.4)</td></tr><tr><td>Ungava</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.5 (0.0, 2.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Samples</td><td>75</td><td>240</td><td>180</td><td>126</td><td>171</td><td>202</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.1.5.4. Genetic mixture analyses of Atlantic salmon (small salmon < 63 cm, large salmon ≥63 cm) harvested in the Saint Pierre and Miquelon fishery in 2017 and 2018 using the range wide SNP baseline. Mean and 95% credible interval percent values by range wide reporting groups are shown (Figure 4.1.5.1 and Figure 4.1.5.2). Note that credible intervals with a lower bound including zero indicate little support for the mean assignment value.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Reporting Group</th><th colspan="3">2017</th><th colspan="3">2018</th></tr><tr><th>Total</th><th>Small</th><th>Large</th><th>Total</th><th>Small</th><th>Large</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Spain</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.0)</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>European Broodstock</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom/Ireland</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.9)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.9)</td><td>1.3 (0.0, 11.8)</td><td>1.7 (0.0, 6.5)</td><td>1.8 (0.0, 6.9)</td><td>2.6 (0.0, 22.7)</td></tr><tr><td>Barents-White Seas</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.7)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 3.6)</td></tr><tr><td>Baltic Sea</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Southern Norway</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.0)</td><td>1.4 (0.0, 12.9)</td><td>0.5 (0.0, 3.6)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 4.6)</td><td>2.7 (0.0, 23.3)</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Norway</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 4.1)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.7 (0.0, 8.3)</td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.2)</td></tr><tr><td>Greenland</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Maine, United States</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 0.9)</td></tr><tr><td>Western Nova Scotia</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.2)</td></tr><tr><td>Eastern Nova Scotia</td><td>1.6 (0.2, 4.3)</td><td>1.7 (0.2, 4.6)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 2.7)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td><td>0.5 (0.0, 5.8)</td></tr><tr><td>Inner Bay of Fundy</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.7)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.2)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 2.7)</td></tr><tr><td>Gulf of St Lawrence</td><td>15.7 (9.6, 22.8)</td><td>13 (7.1, 20.2)</td><td>40.6 (13.6, 70.9)</td><td>15.4 (6.6, 26.4)</td><td>12.1 (4.2, 22.8)</td><td>42.7 (7.3, 84.0)</td></tr><tr><td>St. John River &amp; Aquaculture</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.7)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 3.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Québec City Region</td><td>1.9 (0.0, 5.7)</td><td>1.9 (0.0, 5.9)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 2.3)</td><td>0.7 (0.0, 9.1)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 7.4)</td><td>6.3 (0.0, 48.2)</td></tr><tr><td>Gaspe Peninsula</td><td>8.6 (3.7, 14.7)</td><td>9.7 (4.6, 16.3)</td><td>0.8 (0.0, 8.5)</td><td>12.8 (3.6, 23.8)</td><td>12.8 (3.9, 24.0)</td><td>14.4 (0.0, 58.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Anticosti</td><td>2.2 (0.3, 5.4)</td><td>2.4 (0.3, 5.8)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.5)</td><td>5.3 (0.8, 13.0)</td><td>5.8 (0.9, 14.2)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 0.9)</td></tr><tr><td>St. Lawrence N. Shore Lower</td><td>2.0 (0.2, 5.2)</td><td>1.6 (0.2, 4.4)</td><td>1.1 (0.0, 12.6)</td><td>2.0 (0.0, 6.9)</td><td>2.1 (0.0, 7.7)</td><td>0.9 (0.0, 10.9)</td></tr><tr><td>Newfoundland 2</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.7)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 2.0)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 4.8)</td><td>14.5 (5.5, 26.2)</td><td>15.8 (6.2, 28.2)</td><td>1.0 (0.0, 12.9)</td></tr><tr><td>Fortune Bay</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.9)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.2)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 3.0)</td><td>6.2 (0.0, 15.3)</td><td>6.9 (0.6, 16.7)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 4.5)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Reporting Group</th><th colspan="3">2017</th><th colspan="3">2018</th></tr><tr><th>Total</th><th>Small</th><th>Large</th><th>Total</th><th>Small</th><th>Large</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Burin Peninsula</td><td>10.8 (5.0, 17.2)</td><td>10.3 (3.3, 17.7)</td><td>10.4 (0.2, 34.4)</td><td>4.2 (0.0, 15.4)</td><td>4.8 (0.0, 16.4)</td><td>1.1 (0.0, 13.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Avalon Peninsula</td><td>5.3 (2.1, 9.8)</td><td>5.7 (2.2, 10.6)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 5.5)</td><td>5.4 (1.2, 12.5)</td><td>5.8 (1.2, 13.3)</td><td>0.9 (0.0, 10.6)</td></tr><tr><td>Newfoundland 1</td><td>16.1 (10.0, 23.6)</td><td>17.6 (10.9, 25.7)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 2.4)</td><td>25.8 (14.0, 39.1)</td><td>25.2 (13.1, 39.2)</td><td>19.7 (0.1, 59.7)</td></tr><tr><td>Western Newfoundland</td><td>18.0 (11.7, 25.3)</td><td>18.4 (11.8, 26.0)</td><td>10.1 (0.2, 34.3)</td><td>4.7 (0.4, 12.7)</td><td>5.0 (0.3, 13.5)</td><td>0.4 (0.0, 4.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Newfoundland</td><td>11.5 (6.4, 17.8)</td><td>11.9 (6.5, 18.4)</td><td>10.0 (0.2, 33.4)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 2.8)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 2.9)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 2.4)</td></tr><tr><td>Labrador South</td><td>5.7 (2.3, 10.5)</td><td>5.1 (1.8, 9.6)</td><td>19.9 (2.1, 49.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.2)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.3)</td><td>1.2 (0.0, 13.8)</td></tr><tr><td>Lake Melville</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.3)</td><td>0.3 (0.0, 3.8)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.6)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.7 (0.0, 8.7)</td></tr><tr><td>Labrador Central</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.7)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.8)</td><td>0.6 (0.0, 6.3)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.9)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 1.1)</td><td>1.1 (0.0, 12.8)</td></tr><tr><td>Ungava</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.0)</td><td>0.1 (0.0, 0.4)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.0 (0.0, 0.1)</td><td>0.2 (0.0, 1.0)</td></tr><tr><td>Samples</td><td>137</td><td>128</td><td>9</td><td>56</td><td>52</td><td>4</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.1.1. Estimated smolt production by smolt migration year in monitored rivers of eastern North America 1991 to 2018.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Smolt Migration Year</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="3">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="4">Gulf</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Sheepscot</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St. Mary's (West Br.)</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>Northwest Miramichi</th><th>Southwest Miramichi</th><th>Restigouche</th><th>Kedgwick</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>20 511</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td></td><td>2749</td><td></td><td></td><td>16 550</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td></td><td>2845</td><td></td><td>22 750</td><td>15 600</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td></td><td>4247</td><td></td><td>28 500</td><td>10 420</td><td></td><td></td><td>390 500</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td></td><td>1843</td><td></td><td>15 800</td><td>16 300</td><td></td><td></td><td>162 000</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td></td><td>2562</td><td></td><td>11 000</td><td>15 700</td><td></td><td></td><td>220 000</td><td>306 300</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td></td><td>1774</td><td></td><td>15 000</td><td>11 860</td><td></td><td>63 200</td><td>241 000</td><td>711 400</td><td>430 304</td><td>155 723</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td></td><td>1201</td><td></td><td>9000</td><td>17 845</td><td></td><td>83 100</td><td>286 000</td><td>48 500</td><td>574 394</td><td>68 969</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td></td><td>1284</td><td></td><td>13 600</td><td>20 613</td><td></td><td>105 800</td><td>368 000</td><td>1 167 000</td><td>594 791</td><td>85 450</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td></td><td>1287</td><td></td><td>5 200</td><td>5270</td><td>7350</td><td>94 200</td><td>151 200</td><td></td><td>587 440</td><td>74 284</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td></td><td>2339</td><td></td><td>25 400</td><td>22 971</td><td>25 100</td><td>113 700</td><td>435 000</td><td>1 330 000</td><td>393 342</td><td>120 729</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td></td><td>1177</td><td></td><td>21 550</td><td>24 430</td><td>16 110</td><td>112 400</td><td></td><td>1 344 000</td><td>897 408</td><td>109 422</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td></td><td>962</td><td></td><td>7 300</td><td>14 450</td><td>15 217</td><td>128 800</td><td></td><td>901 500</td><td>506 272</td><td>47 818</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Smolt Migration Year</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="3">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="4">Gulf</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Sheepscot</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St. Mary's (West Br.)</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>Northwest Miramichi</th><th>Southwest Miramichi</th><th>Restigouche</th><th>Kedgwick</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2009</td><td>1176</td><td>1498</td><td>15 900</td><td>8644</td><td>14 820</td><td></td><td>96 800</td><td></td><td>1 035 000</td><td>541 726</td><td>135 856</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>2149</td><td>2231</td><td>12 500</td><td>16 215</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2 165 000</td><td>592 903</td><td>94 635</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>1404</td><td>1639</td><td>8750</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>768 000</td><td></td><td>791 746</td><td>253 854</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>969</td><td>849</td><td>11 060</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>719 199</td><td>155 356</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1237</td><td>829</td><td>10 120</td><td>7159</td><td></td><td>11 103</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>542 493</td><td>102 955</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>1615</td><td>542</td><td>11 100</td><td>29 175</td><td></td><td>11 907</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>232 274</td><td>54 170</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>1201</td><td>572</td><td>7900</td><td>6664</td><td></td><td>24 110</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>536 815</td><td>179 685</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td></td><td>983</td><td>7150</td><td>25 849</td><td></td><td>14 848</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>271 943</td><td>57 035</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td></td><td>985</td><td>na</td><td>na</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>288 512</td><td>50 964</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>604</td><td>883</td><td>na</td><td>na</td><td></td><td>9 554</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>174 484</td><td>57 765</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.1.1 (continued). Estimated smolt production by smolt migration year in monitored rivers of eastern North America 1991 to 2018.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Smolt Migration Year</th><th colspan="3">Québec</th><th colspan="4">Newfoundland</th><th rowspan="2">Western Arm Brook</th><th rowspan="2">Garnish</th></tr><tr><th>St. Jean</th><th>De la Trinite</th><th>Vieux-Fort</th><th>Conne</th><th>Rocky</th><th>Campbellton</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td>113 927</td><td>40 863</td><td></td><td>74 645</td><td>7 732</td><td></td><td></td><td>13 453</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>154 980</td><td>50 869</td><td></td><td>68 208</td><td>7 813</td><td></td><td></td><td>15 405</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>142 972</td><td>86 226</td><td></td><td>55 765</td><td>5 115</td><td>31 577</td><td></td><td>13 435</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>74 285</td><td>55 913</td><td></td><td>60 762</td><td>9 781</td><td>41 663</td><td></td><td>9 283</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>60 227</td><td>71 899</td><td></td><td>62 749</td><td>7 577</td><td>39 715</td><td></td><td>15 144</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>104 973</td><td>61 092</td><td></td><td>94 088</td><td>14 261</td><td>58 369</td><td></td><td>14 502</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>na</td><td>31 892</td><td></td><td>100 983</td><td>16 900</td><td>62 050</td><td></td><td>23 845</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>95 843</td><td>28 962</td><td></td><td>69 841</td><td>12 163</td><td>50 441</td><td></td><td>17 139</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>114 255</td><td>56 557</td><td></td><td>63 658</td><td>8 625</td><td>47 256</td><td></td><td>13 500</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>50 993</td><td>39 744</td><td></td><td>60 777</td><td>7 616</td><td>35 596</td><td></td><td>12 706</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>109 845</td><td>70 318</td><td></td><td>86 899</td><td>9 392</td><td>37 170</td><td></td><td>16 013</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>71 839</td><td>44 264</td><td></td><td>81 806</td><td>10 144</td><td>32 573</td><td></td><td>14 999</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>60 259</td><td>53 030</td><td></td><td>71 479</td><td>4 440</td><td>35 089</td><td></td><td>12 086</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>54 821</td><td>27 051</td><td></td><td>79 667</td><td>13 047</td><td>32 780</td><td></td><td>17 323</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>96 002</td><td>34 867</td><td></td><td>66 196</td><td>15 847</td><td>30 123</td><td></td><td>8 607</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>102 939</td><td>na</td><td></td><td>35 487</td><td>13 200</td><td>33 302</td><td></td><td>20 826</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>135 360</td><td>42 923</td><td></td><td>63 738</td><td>12 355</td><td>35 742</td><td></td><td>16 621</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>45 978</td><td>35 036</td><td></td><td>68 242</td><td>18 338</td><td>40 390</td><td></td><td>17 444</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Smolt Migration Year</th><th colspan="3">Québec</th><th colspan="4">Newfoundland</th></tr><tr><th>St. Jean</th><th>De la Trinite</th><th>Vieux-Fort</th><th>Conne</th><th>Rocky</th><th>Campbellton</th><th>Western Arm Brook</th><th>Garnish</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2009</td><td>37 297</td><td>32 680</td><td></td><td>71 085</td><td>14 041</td><td>36 722</td><td>18 492</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>47 187</td><td>37 500</td><td></td><td>54 392</td><td>15 098</td><td>41 069</td><td>19 044</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>45 050</td><td>44 400</td><td></td><td>50 701</td><td>9 311</td><td>37 033</td><td>20 544</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>40 787</td><td>45 108</td><td></td><td>51 220</td><td>5 673</td><td>44 193</td><td>13 573</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>36 849</td><td>42 378</td><td></td><td>66 261</td><td>6 989</td><td>40 355</td><td>19 710</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>56 456</td><td>30 741</td><td>30 873</td><td>56 224</td><td>9 901</td><td>45 630</td><td>19 771</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>na</td><td>47 566</td><td>25 096</td><td>32 557</td><td>6 454</td><td>32 759</td><td>14 278</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>58 307</td><td>42 269</td><td>28 234</td><td>na</td><td>4 542</td><td>44 747</td><td>14 255</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>34 261</td><td>27 433</td><td>34 447</td><td>58 803</td><td>5 233</td><td>35 910</td><td>15 439</td><td>11 833</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>38 356</td><td>35 519</td><td>16 046</td><td>na</td><td>3 600</td><td>38 464</td><td>13 317</td><td>10 425</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.2.1. Estimated small salmon returns (medians, 5th percentile, 95th percentile; X 1000) to the six geographic areas and overall for NAC 1970 to 2018. Returns for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970</td><td>49.3</td><td>135.5</td><td>23.7</td><td>63.0</td><td>26.6</td><td>NA</td><td>298.9</td><td>34.1</td><td>120.1</td><td>19.4</td><td>53.9</td><td>22.8</td><td>NA</td><td>273.0</td><td>72.9</td><td>150.6</td><td>27.9</td><td>72.1</td><td>30.3</td><td>NA</td><td>328.4</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>64.2</td><td>118.8</td><td>18.7</td><td>49.8</td><td>18.9</td><td>0.03</td><td>271.3</td><td>44.7</td><td>105.2</td><td>15.3</td><td>42.7</td><td>16.0</td><td>0.03</td><td>244.3</td><td>95.6</td><td>132.0</td><td>22.1</td><td>56.9</td><td>21.7</td><td>0.03</td><td>305.9</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>48.5</td><td>110.7</td><td>15.6</td><td>62.8</td><td>17.0</td><td>0.02</td><td>255.6</td><td>33.7</td><td>97.6</td><td>12.8</td><td>53.6</td><td>14.1</td><td>0.02</td><td>231.6</td><td>72.0</td><td>123.4</td><td>18.4</td><td>72.1</td><td>19.9</td><td>0.02</td><td>283.5</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>14.0</td><td>160.0</td><td>20.7</td><td>63.2</td><td>24.4</td><td>0.02</td><td>282.6</td><td>9.4</td><td>142.0</td><td>17.0</td><td>54.2</td><td>20.8</td><td>0.02</td><td>261.0</td><td>19.8</td><td>177.9</td><td>24.5</td><td>72.2</td><td>28.1</td><td>0.02</td><td>304.0</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>54.0</td><td>120.4</td><td>21.0</td><td>98.3</td><td>43.6</td><td>0.06</td><td>338.8</td><td>37.5</td><td>106.9</td><td>17.2</td><td>83.7</td><td>37.2</td><td>0.06</td><td>309.2</td><td>79.3</td><td>134.2</td><td>24.8</td><td>112.9</td><td>50.0</td><td>0.06</td><td>371.4</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>102.9</td><td>151.0</td><td>22.6</td><td>88.4</td><td>33.9</td><td>0.08</td><td>399.9</td><td>71.5</td><td>132.9</td><td>18.5</td><td>75.5</td><td>30.5</td><td>0.08</td><td>358.2</td><td>153.0</td><td>168.8</td><td>26.7</td><td>101.1</td><td>37.3</td><td>0.09</td><td>454.2</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>74.0</td><td>158.6</td><td>24.9</td><td>128.7</td><td>52.9</td><td>0.19</td><td>440.7</td><td>51.2</td><td>138.9</td><td>20.5</td><td>110.8</td><td>46.6</td><td>0.18</td><td>401.7</td><td>109.1</td><td>178.1</td><td>29.4</td><td>146.7</td><td>59.2</td><td>0.19</td><td>485.1</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>65.5</td><td>159.8</td><td>22.8</td><td>46.3</td><td>46.2</td><td>0.08</td><td>341.8</td><td>45.5</td><td>140.0</td><td>18.6</td><td>40.0</td><td>40.2</td><td>0.07</td><td>309.6</td><td>96.9</td><td>179.3</td><td>26.8</td><td>52.6</td><td>52.1</td><td>0.08</td><td>379.5</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>32.8</td><td>139.4</td><td>21.3</td><td>41.0</td><td>15.8</td><td>0.16</td><td>251.2</td><td>22.9</td><td>121.9</td><td>17.4</td><td>36.2</td><td>14.5</td><td>0.15</td><td>229.0</td><td>48.0</td><td>156.7</td><td>25.0</td><td>46.0</td><td>17.2</td><td>0.16</td><td>274.6</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>42.3</td><td>152.0</td><td>27.1</td><td>72.4</td><td>48.8</td><td>0.25</td><td>344.1</td><td>29.3</td><td>133.0</td><td>22.2</td><td>62.6</td><td>42.3</td><td>0.25</td><td>315.6</td><td>62.9</td><td>170.9</td><td>32.0</td><td>82.1</td><td>55.4</td><td>0.25</td><td>374.3</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>95.7</td><td>172.3</td><td>37.2</td><td>63.2</td><td>70.5</td><td>0.82</td><td>441.3</td><td>66.3</td><td>152.5</td><td>30.5</td><td>54.5</td><td>62.7</td><td>0.81</td><td>400.4</td><td>143.4</td><td>192.4</td><td>43.9</td><td>71.9</td><td>78.6</td><td>0.83</td><td>493.1</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>104.8</td><td>225.4</td><td>52.0</td><td>106.1</td><td>59.4</td><td>1.13</td><td>551.2</td><td>72.5</td><td>197.6</td><td>42.7</td><td>85.3</td><td>51.0</td><td>1.12</td><td>497.3</td><td>157.7</td><td>253.3</td><td>61.5</td><td>127.3</td><td>67.8</td><td>1.14</td><td>614.7</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>73.3</td><td>201.0</td><td>29.6</td><td>121.3</td><td>36.1</td><td>0.33</td><td>463.8</td><td>50.5</td><td>177.7</td><td>24.3</td><td>96.2</td><td>31.4</td><td>0.33</td><td>418.3</td><td>109.2</td><td>224.2</td><td>34.9</td><td>146.4</td><td>40.8</td><td>0.34</td><td>512.6</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>45.8</td><td>156.7</td><td>22.5</td><td>37.2</td><td>22.6</td><td>0.30</td><td>286.2</td><td>31.7</td><td>138.0</td><td>18.5</td><td>29.7</td><td>19.9</td><td>0.29</td><td>259.5</td><td>68.1</td><td>175.5</td><td>26.5</td><td>44.7</td><td>25.4</td><td>0.30</td><td>315.8</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>24.0</td><td>206.4</td><td>25.2</td><td>54.3</td><td>42.8</td><td>0.60</td><td>354.1</td><td>16.7</td><td>179.7</td><td>23.0</td><td>44.7</td><td>36.6</td><td>0.59</td><td>323.3</td><td>35.6</td><td>232.8</td><td>27.6</td><td>63.8</td><td>48.9</td><td>0.60</td><td>385.0</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>43.2</td><td>195.7</td><td>26.7</td><td>86.3</td><td>47.4</td><td>0.39</td><td>401.0</td><td>29.9</td><td>168.3</td><td>24.3</td><td>68.1</td><td>40.1</td><td>0.39</td><td>362.8</td><td>64.4</td><td>223.0</td><td>29.2</td><td>104.1</td><td>54.8</td><td>0.40</td><td>440.7</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>65.7</td><td>200.0</td><td>38.3</td><td>161.7</td><td>49.3</td><td>0.76</td><td>517.7</td><td>45.2</td><td>175.0</td><td>35.3</td><td>127.3</td><td>41.7</td><td>0.75</td><td>465.5</td><td>97.2</td><td>225.7</td><td>41.3</td><td>195.7</td><td>56.8</td><td>0.77</td><td>571.4</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>82.3</td><td>135.5</td><td>43.9</td><td>123.8</td><td>51.3</td><td>1.13</td><td>439.7</td><td>56.3</td><td>118.4</td><td>40.0</td><td>98.7</td><td>43.3</td><td>1.12</td><td>394.9</td><td>123.0</td><td>152.4</td><td>47.6</td><td>149.0</td><td>59.3</td><td>1.14</td><td>490.8</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1988</td><td>75.8</td><td>217.3</td><td>50.4</td><td>173.7</td><td>51.9</td><td>0.99</td><td>572.0</td><td>51.8</td><td>189.9</td><td>46.3</td><td>137.6</td><td>44.0</td><td>0.98</td><td>515.3</td><td>113.0</td><td>244.6</td><td>54.5</td><td>209.3</td><td>59.6</td><td>1.00</td><td>631.3</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>52.0</td><td>107.7</td><td>39.8</td><td>103.7</td><td>54.6</td><td>1.26</td><td>360.6</td><td>35.8</td><td>94.9</td><td>36.6</td><td>81.8</td><td>46.5</td><td>1.25</td><td>326.0</td><td>77.5</td><td>120.5</td><td>43.0</td><td>125.6</td><td>62.6</td><td>1.27</td><td>397.2</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>30.2</td><td>152.3</td><td>45.2</td><td>118.1</td><td>55.4</td><td>0.69</td><td>403.2</td><td>20.9</td><td>138.3</td><td>41.9</td><td>93.8</td><td>46.5</td><td>0.68</td><td>370.1</td><td>45.0</td><td>166.7</td><td>48.6</td><td>142.3</td><td>64.2</td><td>0.69</td><td>436.4</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>24.1</td><td>105.6</td><td>35.3</td><td>86.0</td><td>28.2</td><td>0.31</td><td>280.4</td><td>16.6</td><td>96.3</td><td>32.7</td><td>68.2</td><td>24.5</td><td>0.31</td><td>257.2</td><td>36.3</td><td>114.9</td><td>37.8</td><td>103.7</td><td>32.0</td><td>0.31</td><td>304.1</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>34.5</td><td>228.9</td><td>39.8</td><td>193.4</td><td>34.0</td><td>1.19</td><td>533.2</td><td>24.2</td><td>199.6</td><td>36.8</td><td>165.2</td><td>29.4</td><td>1.18</td><td>488.0</td><td>51.1</td><td>257.9</td><td>42.8</td><td>221.8</td><td>38.7</td><td>1.21</td><td>577.5</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>45.8</td><td>265.3</td><td>34.4</td><td>137.0</td><td>25.7</td><td>0.47</td><td>510.3</td><td>33.3</td><td>235.4</td><td>31.9</td><td>89.5</td><td>21.9</td><td>0.46</td><td>449.9</td><td>66.8</td><td>295.1</td><td>36.8</td><td>184.6</td><td>29.5</td><td>0.47</td><td>570.7</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>34.0</td><td>161.3</td><td>32.8</td><td>68.0</td><td>10.5</td><td>0.44</td><td>307.8</td><td>25.2</td><td>138.6</td><td>30.5</td><td>57.8</td><td>9.4</td><td>0.43</td><td>280.2</td><td>48.5</td><td>183.2</td><td>35.2</td><td>78.2</td><td>11.6</td><td>0.44</td><td>335.8</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>47.8</td><td>203.8</td><td>26.4</td><td>61.0</td><td>20.0</td><td>0.21</td><td>360.8</td><td>35.8</td><td>173.5</td><td>24.5</td><td>52.4</td><td>17.5</td><td>0.21</td><td>325.0</td><td>66.9</td><td>234.6</td><td>28.3</td><td>70.0</td><td>22.5</td><td>0.22</td><td>396.8</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>89.8</td><td>313.5</td><td>35.2</td><td>57.4</td><td>31.8</td><td>0.65</td><td>531.1</td><td>67.7</td><td>269.2</td><td>32.8</td><td>48.3</td><td>27.5</td><td>0.65</td><td>478.1</td><td>127.3</td><td>357.3</td><td>37.7</td><td>66.6</td><td>36.1</td><td>0.66</td><td>588.2</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>95.7</td><td>177.0</td><td>26.6</td><td>31.1</td><td>9.4</td><td>0.37</td><td>341.1</td><td>73.8</td><td>159.0</td><td>24.6</td><td>25.1</td><td>8.3</td><td>0.36</td><td>310.0</td><td>131.0</td><td>194.5</td><td>28.7</td><td>37.0</td><td>10.5</td><td>0.37</td><td>380.2</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>151.0</td><td>183.7</td><td>28.3</td><td>40.7</td><td>20.4</td><td>0.40</td><td>424.7</td><td>102.7</td><td>171.4</td><td>25.8</td><td>34.7</td><td>18.8</td><td>0.40</td><td>374.0</td><td>199.7</td><td>196.2</td><td>30.8</td><td>46.6</td><td>22.0</td><td>0.41</td><td>475.2</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>147.5</td><td>201.2</td><td>29.9</td><td>36.2</td><td>10.6</td><td>0.42</td><td>425.7</td><td>100.4</td><td>185.6</td><td>27.4</td><td>31.5</td><td>9.8</td><td>0.42</td><td>375.8</td><td>194.4</td><td>216.7</td><td>32.4</td><td>40.9</td><td>11.4</td><td>0.42</td><td>476.2</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>181.6</td><td>228.9</td><td>27.6</td><td>51.3</td><td>12.4</td><td>0.27</td><td>501.9</td><td>123.4</td><td>216.6</td><td>24.5</td><td>45.0</td><td>11.3</td><td>0.27</td><td>442.1</td><td>240.2</td><td>240.7</td><td>30.7</td><td>57.6</td><td>13.4</td><td>0.27</td><td>561.8</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>145.8</td><td>156.3</td><td>18.9</td><td>42.9</td><td>5.4</td><td>0.27</td><td>369.5</td><td>98.8</td><td>148.1</td><td>17.2</td><td>37.5</td><td>5.0</td><td>0.26</td><td>321.9</td><td>192.1</td><td>164.4</td><td>20.6</td><td>48.3</td><td>5.8</td><td>0.27</td><td>416.9</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>102.4</td><td>155.5</td><td>30.3</td><td>68.8</td><td>9.9</td><td>0.45</td><td>367.2</td><td>66.4</td><td>143.5</td><td>28.1</td><td>59.7</td><td>9.0</td><td>0.45</td><td>328.1</td><td>138.8</td><td>167.8</td><td>32.4</td><td>77.9</td><td>10.7</td><td>0.45</td><td>407.3</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>85.7</td><td>242.5</td><td>25.2</td><td>41.5</td><td>5.8</td><td>0.24</td><td>401.1</td><td>51.9</td><td>232.8</td><td>23.2</td><td>35.8</td><td>5.3</td><td>0.24</td><td>365.3</td><td>119.3</td><td>252.0</td><td>27.3</td><td>47.1</td><td>6.4</td><td>0.24</td><td>436.4</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>95.3</td><td>210.2</td><td>34.1</td><td>76.2</td><td>8.4</td><td>0.32</td><td>424.4</td><td>72.3</td><td>192.3</td><td>30.6</td><td>65.4</td><td>7.6</td><td>0.32</td><td>392.5</td><td>117.8</td><td>228.2</td><td>37.6</td><td>87.2</td><td>9.2</td><td>0.32</td><td>456.3</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>220.6</td><td>221.3</td><td>23.0</td><td>48.5</td><td>7.5</td><td>0.32</td><td>521.6</td><td>166.1</td><td>176.3</td><td>20.9</td><td>40.2</td><td>6.8</td><td>0.32</td><td>447.4</td><td>275.3</td><td>266.2</td><td>25.2</td><td>56.8</td><td>8.2</td><td>0.32</td><td>595.5</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>213.4</td><td>212.7</td><td>28.1</td><td>57.6</td><td>10.3</td><td>0.45</td><td>523.0</td><td>140.6</td><td>194.4</td><td>25.9</td><td>47.7</td><td>9.3</td><td>0.45</td><td>446.3</td><td>286.6</td><td>231.3</td><td>30.3</td><td>67.6</td><td>11.3</td><td>0.45</td><td>598.7</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2007</td><td>193.7</td><td>183.7</td><td>21.4</td><td>41.7</td><td>7.7</td><td>0.30</td><td>448.3</td><td>138.0</td><td>158.8</td><td>19.4</td><td>33.0</td><td>7.0</td><td>0.29</td><td>385.8</td><td>251.0</td><td>208.7</td><td>23.4</td><td>50.3</td><td>8.5</td><td>0.30</td><td>512.9</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>203.1</td><td>247.6</td><td>35.5</td><td>62.5</td><td>15.4</td><td>0.81</td><td>564.9</td><td>148.9</td><td>222.0</td><td>32.6</td><td>50.2</td><td>13.9</td><td>0.81</td><td>503.1</td><td>258.7</td><td>272.7</td><td>38.5</td><td>75.0</td><td>16.9</td><td>0.82</td><td>628.7</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>102.1</td><td>222.5</td><td>20.8</td><td>25.3</td><td>4.2</td><td>0.24</td><td>375.6</td><td>60.0</td><td>194.3</td><td>19.0</td><td>20.4</td><td>3.8</td><td>0.24</td><td>322.5</td><td>145.1</td><td>250.9</td><td>22.7</td><td>30.3</td><td>4.6</td><td>0.24</td><td>429.0</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>122.4</td><td>267.6</td><td>26.6</td><td>73.4</td><td>14.9</td><td>0.53</td><td>505.5</td><td>83.0</td><td>256.1</td><td>24.2</td><td>64.3</td><td>13.4</td><td>0.52</td><td>462.8</td><td>161.0</td><td>279.3</td><td>28.9</td><td>82.7</td><td>16.4</td><td>0.53</td><td>547.4</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>247.6</td><td>243.8</td><td>37.4</td><td>73.4</td><td>9.5</td><td>1.08</td><td>612.2</td><td>148.9</td><td>216.6</td><td>34.4</td><td>61.4</td><td>8.5</td><td>1.07</td><td>509.5</td><td>345.4</td><td>270.4</td><td>40.4</td><td>85.7</td><td>10.4</td><td>1.09</td><td>715.3</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>173.2</td><td>270.6</td><td>23.7</td><td>18.9</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.03</td><td>486.9</td><td>112.2</td><td>250.4</td><td>21.5</td><td>14.9</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.03</td><td>422.2</td><td>235.2</td><td>290.4</td><td>25.8</td><td>22.9</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.03</td><td>552.6</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>155.5</td><td>187.7</td><td>19.2</td><td>24.8</td><td>2.1</td><td>0.08</td><td>389.6</td><td>90.6</td><td>172.2</td><td>17.4</td><td>19.1</td><td>1.9</td><td>0.08</td><td>322.9</td><td>220.2</td><td>203.4</td><td>21.0</td><td>30.4</td><td>2.3</td><td>0.08</td><td>455.8</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>266.5</td><td>170.0</td><td>23.9</td><td>16.4</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.11</td><td>477.8</td><td>184.7</td><td>155.0</td><td>21.7</td><td>13.2</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.11</td><td>395.6</td><td>350.3</td><td>185.0</td><td>26.0</td><td>19.6</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.11</td><td>562.9</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>256.5</td><td>283.6</td><td>36.8</td><td>42.9</td><td>4.2</td><td>0.15</td><td>624.5</td><td>183.1</td><td>253.6</td><td>33.7</td><td>37.0</td><td>3.8</td><td>0.15</td><td>543.8</td><td>331.3</td><td>313.2</td><td>40.0</td><td>48.8</td><td>4.6</td><td>0.15</td><td>705.6</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>204.7</td><td>191.2</td><td>33.2</td><td>25.7</td><td>2.6</td><td>0.23</td><td>458.0</td><td>120.0</td><td>166.8</td><td>30.0</td><td>20.7</td><td>2.3</td><td>0.23</td><td>368.8</td><td>290.8</td><td>215.8</td><td>36.4</td><td>30.8</td><td>2.8</td><td>0.23</td><td>547.1</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>162.8</td><td>233.3</td><td>24.4</td><td>23.8</td><td>3.9</td><td>0.36</td><td>449.4</td><td>88.6</td><td>185.8</td><td>21.8</td><td>19.6</td><td>3.5</td><td>0.36</td><td>357.6</td><td>237.6</td><td>281.9</td><td>26.9</td><td>28.0</td><td>4.3</td><td>0.37</td><td>539.9</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>285.1</td><td>252.4</td><td>23.7</td><td>19.1</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.32</td><td>581.7</td><td>181.1</td><td>222.8</td><td>21.5</td><td>15.3</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.32</td><td>473.4</td><td>387.6</td><td>281.8</td><td>25.9</td><td>22.8</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.33</td><td>688.3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Change [(2018-2017)/2017]</td><td>0.75</td><td>0.08</td><td>-0.03</td><td>-0.20</td><td>-0.66</td><td>-0.11</td><td>0.29</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Rank (descending) over 48 years</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>34</td><td>46</td><td>47</td><td>24</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.2.2. Estimated large salmon returns (medians, 5th percentile, 95th percentile; X 1000) to the six geographic areas and overall for NAC 1970 to 2018. Returns for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5<sup>th</sup> percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95<sup>th</sup> percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970</td><td>10.0</td><td>14.8</td><td>103.4</td><td>69.6</td><td>20.3</td><td>NA</td><td>218.4</td><td>4.9</td><td>11.8</td><td>84.8</td><td>67.2</td><td>18.0</td><td>NA</td><td>198.1</td><td>17.0</td><td>17.9</td><td>121.9</td><td>72.0</td><td>22.6</td><td>NA</td><td>238.7</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>14.4</td><td>12.6</td><td>59.2</td><td>40.0</td><td>15.9</td><td>0.65</td><td>143.1</td><td>7.1</td><td>10.0</td><td>48.5</td><td>37.6</td><td>14.1</td><td>0.65</td><td>128.5</td><td>24.2</td><td>15.1</td><td>69.9</td><td>42.5</td><td>17.6</td><td>0.66</td><td>158.5</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>12.3</td><td>12.7</td><td>77.1</td><td>57.0</td><td>19.0</td><td>1.38</td><td>179.8</td><td>6.1</td><td>10.1</td><td>63.3</td><td>49.0</td><td>17.1</td><td>1.37</td><td>161.6</td><td>20.9</td><td>15.3</td><td>91.1</td><td>65.1</td><td>20.9</td><td>1.40</td><td>198.7</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>17.3</td><td>17.4</td><td>85.3</td><td>53.4</td><td>14.8</td><td>1.43</td><td>190.0</td><td>8.5</td><td>13.8</td><td>69.9</td><td>45.6</td><td>13.4</td><td>1.41</td><td>168.9</td><td>29.2</td><td>20.9</td><td>100.5</td><td>61.3</td><td>16.1</td><td>1.44</td><td>211.6</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>17.2</td><td>14.3</td><td>114.3</td><td>77.7</td><td>28.6</td><td>1.39</td><td>253.9</td><td>8.4</td><td>12.7</td><td>93.7</td><td>66.0</td><td>26.3</td><td>1.38</td><td>227.0</td><td>29.0</td><td>15.9</td><td>134.8</td><td>89.4</td><td>30.9</td><td>1.41</td><td>281.0</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>15.9</td><td>18.4</td><td>97.3</td><td>50.4</td><td>30.6</td><td>2.33</td><td>215.6</td><td>7.8</td><td>16.1</td><td>79.7</td><td>43.0</td><td>28.0</td><td>2.31</td><td>193.2</td><td>26.8</td><td>20.7</td><td>114.6</td><td>57.8</td><td>33.2</td><td>2.35</td><td>237.8</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>18.4</td><td>16.6</td><td>96.5</td><td>48.8</td><td>28.8</td><td>1.32</td><td>211.0</td><td>9.0</td><td>14.7</td><td>79.2</td><td>41.4</td><td>26.0</td><td>1.31</td><td>188.2</td><td>30.7</td><td>18.6</td><td>114.0</td><td>56.1</td><td>31.6</td><td>1.33</td><td>234.1</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>16.2</td><td>14.6</td><td>113.8</td><td>87.7</td><td>38.1</td><td>2.00</td><td>273.0</td><td>8.0</td><td>12.9</td><td>93.3</td><td>75.1</td><td>34.6</td><td>1.98</td><td>245.5</td><td>27.3</td><td>16.3</td><td>134.1</td><td>100.3</td><td>41.5</td><td>2.02</td><td>300.3</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>12.7</td><td>11.4</td><td>102.4</td><td>43.8</td><td>22.3</td><td>4.21</td><td>197.3</td><td>6.3</td><td>10.3</td><td>83.9</td><td>38.8</td><td>20.6</td><td>4.17</td><td>176.1</td><td>21.4</td><td>12.3</td><td>120.9</td><td>48.9</td><td>24.0</td><td>4.25</td><td>218.3</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>7.3</td><td>7.2</td><td>56.6</td><td>17.9</td><td>12.8</td><td>1.94</td><td>103.8</td><td>3.6</td><td>6.3</td><td>46.3</td><td>15.7</td><td>11.6</td><td>1.93</td><td>92.2</td><td>12.2</td><td>8.1</td><td>66.7</td><td>20.0</td><td>14.0</td><td>1.96</td><td>115.6</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>17.3</td><td>12.0</td><td>134.3</td><td>62.5</td><td>43.7</td><td>5.80</td><td>276.5</td><td>8.5</td><td>11.1</td><td>110.1</td><td>54.7</td><td>39.6</td><td>5.74</td><td>247.8</td><td>29.3</td><td>13.0</td><td>158.4</td><td>70.3</td><td>47.9</td><td>5.85</td><td>304.9</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>15.7</td><td>28.9</td><td>105.6</td><td>39.3</td><td>28.2</td><td>5.60</td><td>223.6</td><td>7.7</td><td>25.3</td><td>86.5</td><td>32.9</td><td>25.5</td><td>5.55</td><td>200.4</td><td>26.2</td><td>32.5</td><td>124.6</td><td>45.7</td><td>31.0</td><td>5.65</td><td>247.1</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>11.6</td><td>11.6</td><td>93.6</td><td>54.0</td><td>23.7</td><td>6.06</td><td>201.0</td><td>5.7</td><td>10.1</td><td>76.8</td><td>42.8</td><td>21.5</td><td>6.00</td><td>178.3</td><td>19.5</td><td>13.1</td><td>110.6</td><td>65.4</td><td>25.8</td><td>6.11</td><td>223.9</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>8.3</td><td>12.5</td><td>76.8</td><td>40.7</td><td>20.6</td><td>2.16</td><td>161.3</td><td>4.1</td><td>11.3</td><td>63.1</td><td>33.8</td><td>18.4</td><td>2.14</td><td>144.3</td><td>14.1</td><td>13.6</td><td>90.7</td><td>47.6</td><td>22.8</td><td>2.17</td><td>178.4</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>6.0</td><td>12.4</td><td>63.7</td><td>32.7</td><td>24.5</td><td>3.22</td><td>142.8</td><td>3.0</td><td>9.1</td><td>60.7</td><td>23.5</td><td>21.2</td><td>3.19</td><td>130.9</td><td>10.1</td><td>15.6</td><td>66.6</td><td>42.0</td><td>27.8</td><td>3.25</td><td>154.3</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>4.7</td><td>11.0</td><td>65.9</td><td>44.5</td><td>34.2</td><td>5.53</td><td>166.0</td><td>2.3</td><td>7.7</td><td>62.1</td><td>32.0</td><td>29.3</td><td>5.48</td><td>151.1</td><td>8.0</td><td>14.2</td><td>69.8</td><td>57.3</td><td>39.0</td><td>5.58</td><td>181.2</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>8.1</td><td>12.3</td><td>78.1</td><td>68.6</td><td>28.2</td><td>6.18</td><td>201.8</td><td>4.0</td><td>9.4</td><td>74.0</td><td>49.3</td><td>23.8</td><td>6.12</td><td>180.5</td><td>13.7</td><td>15.1</td><td>82.1</td><td>88.1</td><td>32.6</td><td>6.23</td><td>223.2</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>11.1</td><td>8.4</td><td>73.5</td><td>46.4</td><td>17.7</td><td>3.08</td><td>160.5</td><td>5.4</td><td>6.4</td><td>69.9</td><td>34.2</td><td>15.0</td><td>3.05</td><td>145.5</td><td>18.6</td><td>10.4</td><td>77.0</td><td>59.0</td><td>20.4</td><td>3.11</td><td>175.9</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5<sup>th</sup> percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95<sup>th</sup> percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1988</td><td>6.8</td><td>13.0</td><td>81.0</td><td>53.4</td><td>16.5</td><td>3.29</td><td>174.2</td><td>3.4</td><td>9.9</td><td>76.4</td><td>39.4</td><td>13.8</td><td>3.26</td><td>158.1</td><td>11.6</td><td>16.1</td><td>85.6</td><td>67.7</td><td>19.2</td><td>3.32</td><td>190.5</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>6.7</td><td>6.9</td><td>73.7</td><td>42.4</td><td>18.5</td><td>3.20</td><td>151.6</td><td>3.3</td><td>5.4</td><td>70.1</td><td>31.3</td><td>15.6</td><td>3.17</td><td>138.7</td><td>11.2</td><td>8.5</td><td>77.4</td><td>53.6</td><td>21.4</td><td>3.23</td><td>164.8</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>3.8</td><td>10.3</td><td>72.5</td><td>56.9</td><td>16.0</td><td>5.05</td><td>164.6</td><td>1.9</td><td>8.4</td><td>68.1</td><td>39.7</td><td>13.5</td><td>5.01</td><td>146.0</td><td>6.4</td><td>12.2</td><td>76.8</td><td>73.5</td><td>18.5</td><td>5.10</td><td>182.5</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>1.9</td><td>7.6</td><td>65.3</td><td>57.4</td><td>15.7</td><td>2.65</td><td>150.6</td><td>0.9</td><td>6.2</td><td>61.7</td><td>39.7</td><td>13.4</td><td>2.62</td><td>132.0</td><td>3.1</td><td>9.0</td><td>69.0</td><td>75.0</td><td>17.8</td><td>2.67</td><td>168.9</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>7.5</td><td>31.6</td><td>65.6</td><td>60.0</td><td>14.3</td><td>2.46</td><td>181.7</td><td>4.0</td><td>22.2</td><td>61.7</td><td>51.3</td><td>12.3</td><td>2.44</td><td>167.4</td><td>12.7</td><td>40.9</td><td>69.5</td><td>68.6</td><td>16.3</td><td>2.48</td><td>195.9</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>9.4</td><td>17.1</td><td>50.5</td><td>63.7</td><td>10.1</td><td>2.23</td><td>153.5</td><td>5.9</td><td>13.8</td><td>48.6</td><td>34.7</td><td>8.9</td><td>2.21</td><td>123.9</td><td>15.1</td><td>20.5</td><td>52.3</td><td>93.2</td><td>11.2</td><td>2.25</td><td>183.6</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>13.0</td><td>17.4</td><td>51.0</td><td>41.4</td><td>6.3</td><td>1.35</td><td>130.8</td><td>8.5</td><td>13.8</td><td>49.2</td><td>33.2</td><td>5.7</td><td>1.33</td><td>119.9</td><td>20.2</td><td>20.9</td><td>52.8</td><td>49.6</td><td>7.0</td><td>1.36</td><td>142.1</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>25.5</td><td>19.1</td><td>59.2</td><td>48.3</td><td>7.5</td><td>1.75</td><td>161.8</td><td>18.1</td><td>14.7</td><td>57.3</td><td>41.2</td><td>6.6</td><td>1.73</td><td>149.7</td><td>37.4</td><td>23.4</td><td>61.1</td><td>55.2</td><td>8.4</td><td>1.76</td><td>176.0</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>18.8</td><td>28.9</td><td>53.6</td><td>40.8</td><td>10.9</td><td>2.41</td><td>155.9</td><td>13.4</td><td>23.7</td><td>51.4</td><td>32.7</td><td>9.6</td><td>2.39</td><td>143.9</td><td>27.8</td><td>34.1</td><td>55.8</td><td>48.9</td><td>12.2</td><td>2.43</td><td>168.7</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>16.2</td><td>28.1</td><td>44.2</td><td>35.8</td><td>5.6</td><td>1.61</td><td>131.8</td><td>11.6</td><td>22.9</td><td>42.4</td><td>28.2</td><td>5.0</td><td>1.60</td><td>121.1</td><td>23.7</td><td>33.1</td><td>46.0</td><td>43.4</td><td>6.2</td><td>1.63</td><td>143.4</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>13.4</td><td>35.3</td><td>33.9</td><td>30.4</td><td>3.8</td><td>1.53</td><td>118.4</td><td>8.0</td><td>27.4</td><td>32.1</td><td>24.8</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.51</td><td>107.0</td><td>18.8</td><td>43.2</td><td>35.7</td><td>36.1</td><td>4.2</td><td>1.54</td><td>130.0</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>16.1</td><td>32.2</td><td>37.0</td><td>27.3</td><td>4.9</td><td>1.17</td><td>118.5</td><td>9.5</td><td>25.0</td><td>34.8</td><td>22.9</td><td>4.6</td><td>1.16</td><td>107.6</td><td>22.6</td><td>39.3</td><td>39.2</td><td>31.7</td><td>5.3</td><td>1.18</td><td>129.7</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>21.8</td><td>27.0</td><td>35.4</td><td>30.0</td><td>2.9</td><td>0.53</td><td>117.6</td><td>13.1</td><td>23.0</td><td>32.5</td><td>25.3</td><td>2.6</td><td>0.53</td><td>106.2</td><td>30.9</td><td>31.0</td><td>38.3</td><td>34.6</td><td>3.1</td><td>0.54</td><td>129.2</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>23.2</td><td>17.9</td><td>37.2</td><td>39.8</td><td>4.7</td><td>0.80</td><td>123.5</td><td>13.8</td><td>15.2</td><td>34.2</td><td>34.7</td><td>4.3</td><td>0.79</td><td>111.8</td><td>32.6</td><td>20.6</td><td>40.1</td><td>44.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>0.80</td><td>135.2</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>16.8</td><td>16.8</td><td>26.5</td><td>23.5</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.53</td><td>85.8</td><td>9.9</td><td>13.7</td><td>24.1</td><td>19.6</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.52</td><td>76.7</td><td>24.0</td><td>19.9</td><td>28.7</td><td>27.5</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.53</td><td>94.9</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>14.2</td><td>24.5</td><td>42.1</td><td>40.1</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.20</td><td>125.5</td><td>7.4</td><td>19.4</td><td>38.8</td><td>33.7</td><td>3.2</td><td>1.19</td><td>114.2</td><td>20.9</td><td>29.5</td><td>45.4</td><td>46.5</td><td>3.9</td><td>1.21</td><td>136.9</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>17.0</td><td>22.2</td><td>36.4</td><td>40.0</td><td>3.1</td><td>1.32</td><td>120.0</td><td>11.6</td><td>17.0</td><td>33.8</td><td>32.7</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.30</td><td>109.0</td><td>22.5</td><td>27.4</td><td>38.9</td><td>47.2</td><td>3.4</td><td>1.33</td><td>130.9</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>21.0</td><td>28.4</td><td>35.4</td><td>38.3</td><td>2.0</td><td>0.99</td><td>126.2</td><td>12.1</td><td>20.5</td><td>33.1</td><td>31.2</td><td>1.8</td><td>0.99</td><td>111.6</td><td>29.8</td><td>36.4</td><td>37.7</td><td>45.3</td><td>2.2</td><td>1.00</td><td>140.4</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>21.1</td><td>35.7</td><td>32.8</td><td>37.9</td><td>3.0</td><td>1.03</td><td>131.5</td><td>13.3</td><td>30.0</td><td>30.6</td><td>31.3</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.02</td><td>119.4</td><td>29.0</td><td>41.4</td><td>34.9</td><td>44.7</td><td>3.3</td><td>1.04</td><td>143.9</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5<sup>th</sup> percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95<sup>th</sup> percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2007</td><td>21.9</td><td>29.6</td><td>30.1</td><td>35.0</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.96</td><td>119.2</td><td>12.9</td><td>23.4</td><td>27.9</td><td>29.4</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.95</td><td>106.3</td><td>31.0</td><td>35.7</td><td>32.2</td><td>40.5</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.97</td><td>131.8</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>26.0</td><td>28.9</td><td>36.0</td><td>28.4</td><td>3.3</td><td>1.80</td><td>124.5</td><td>15.9</td><td>22.6</td><td>32.8</td><td>22.4</td><td>2.9</td><td>1.78</td><td>110.3</td><td>36.5</td><td>35.1</td><td>39.2</td><td>34.3</td><td>3.6</td><td>1.82</td><td>138.7</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>39.5</td><td>34.4</td><td>35.1</td><td>36.7</td><td>3.1</td><td>2.10</td><td>150.9</td><td>20.8</td><td>23.9</td><td>32.6</td><td>30.8</td><td>2.9</td><td>2.08</td><td>127.8</td><td>58.0</td><td>44.9</td><td>37.5</td><td>42.5</td><td>3.4</td><td>2.11</td><td>173.7</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>18.8</td><td>35.4</td><td>37.9</td><td>33.1</td><td>2.5</td><td>1.10</td><td>128.6</td><td>11.6</td><td>28.7</td><td>35.3</td><td>27.6</td><td>2.3</td><td>1.09</td><td>116.8</td><td>26.0</td><td>42.0</td><td>40.4</td><td>38.4</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.11</td><td>140.6</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>57.5</td><td>43.5</td><td>48.7</td><td>65.3</td><td>4.8</td><td>3.09</td><td>222.9</td><td>33.0</td><td>31.3</td><td>45.6</td><td>52.8</td><td>4.3</td><td>3.06</td><td>191.9</td><td>82.3</td><td>55.5</td><td>51.9</td><td>78.0</td><td>5.3</td><td>3.12</td><td>254.0</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>33.9</td><td>28.8</td><td>34.6</td><td>27.6</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.91</td><td>127.1</td><td>20.6</td><td>23.2</td><td>32.2</td><td>22.7</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.91</td><td>111.3</td><td>47.1</td><td>34.4</td><td>36.9</td><td>32.6</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.92</td><td>142.8</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>64.1</td><td>37.8</td><td>39.0</td><td>35.2</td><td>3.2</td><td>0.53</td><td>180.0</td><td>39.5</td><td>25.9</td><td>36.6</td><td>28.1</td><td>2.8</td><td>0.53</td><td>150.8</td><td>88.7</td><td>49.7</td><td>41.5</td><td>42.3</td><td>3.5</td><td>0.54</td><td>208.9</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>62.3</td><td>20.2</td><td>22.2</td><td>23.8</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.34</td><td>129.6</td><td>38.7</td><td>16.5</td><td>20.9</td><td>18.9</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.34</td><td>105.2</td><td>85.4</td><td>23.9</td><td>23.6</td><td>28.8</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.34</td><td>153.5</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>88.4</td><td>36.8</td><td>36.2</td><td>34.4</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.77</td><td>197.3</td><td>53.5</td><td>29.1</td><td>33.7</td><td>27.3</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.76</td><td>160.7</td><td>123.9</td><td>44.6</td><td>38.6</td><td>41.5</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.78</td><td>234.3</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>72.6</td><td>24.6</td><td>38.7</td><td>36.4</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.39</td><td>174.2</td><td>39.7</td><td>19.4</td><td>36.0</td><td>27.7</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.39</td><td>139.1</td><td>104.8</td><td>29.7</td><td>41.4</td><td>45.0</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.40</td><td>208.1</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>76.3</td><td>28.1</td><td>37.9</td><td>28.4</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.68</td><td>172.8</td><td>36.6</td><td>20.5</td><td>35.1</td><td>23.0</td><td>1.1</td><td>0.67</td><td>131.8</td><td>117.0</td><td>35.9</td><td>40.7</td><td>34.0</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.68</td><td>214.6</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>45.9</td><td>22.9</td><td>27.8</td><td>33.1</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.55</td><td>131.8</td><td>25.0</td><td>17.3</td><td>25.9</td><td>25.2</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.54</td><td>108.3</td><td>66.9</td><td>28.5</td><td>29.8</td><td>41.0</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.55</td><td>155.3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Change [(2018-2017)/2017]</td><td>-0.40</td><td>-0.18</td><td>-0.27</td><td>0.16</td><td>0.29</td><td>-0.20</td><td>-0.24</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Rank (descending) over 48 years</td><td>7</td><td>21</td><td>46</td><td>38</td><td>44</td><td>43</td><td>32</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.2.3. Estimated 2SW salmon returns (medians, 5th percentile, 95th percentile; X 1000) to the six geographic areas and overall for NAC 1970 to 2018. Returns for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970</td><td>10.0</td><td>4.1</td><td>75.5</td><td>59.6</td><td>17.1</td><td>NA</td><td>166.6</td><td>4.9</td><td>3.1</td><td>61.9</td><td>57.5</td><td>15.0</td><td>NA</td><td>151.1</td><td>17.0</td><td>5.2</td><td>89.0</td><td>61.6</td><td>19.3</td><td>NA</td><td>182.3</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>14.4</td><td>3.6</td><td>43.2</td><td>34.8</td><td>13.5</td><td>0.65</td><td>110.5</td><td>7.1</td><td>2.6</td><td>35.4</td><td>32.6</td><td>11.9</td><td>0.65</td><td>98.3</td><td>24.2</td><td>4.6</td><td>51.0</td><td>37.0</td><td>15.2</td><td>0.66</td><td>123.5</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>12.3</td><td>3.7</td><td>56.3</td><td>49.3</td><td>16.0</td><td>1.38</td><td>139.5</td><td>6.1</td><td>2.7</td><td>46.2</td><td>42.4</td><td>14.3</td><td>1.37</td><td>124.4</td><td>20.9</td><td>4.8</td><td>66.5</td><td>56.4</td><td>17.7</td><td>1.40</td><td>154.9</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>17.3</td><td>4.6</td><td>62.3</td><td>47.7</td><td>12.9</td><td>1.43</td><td>146.6</td><td>8.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>51.0</td><td>40.6</td><td>11.7</td><td>1.41</td><td>129.0</td><td>29.2</td><td>5.8</td><td>73.3</td><td>54.7</td><td>14.1</td><td>1.44</td><td>164.8</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>17.2</td><td>3.6</td><td>83.4</td><td>67.1</td><td>27.1</td><td>1.39</td><td>200.1</td><td>8.4</td><td>2.9</td><td>68.4</td><td>56.9</td><td>24.9</td><td>1.38</td><td>178.7</td><td>29.0</td><td>4.4</td><td>98.4</td><td>77.3</td><td>29.4</td><td>1.41</td><td>222.4</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>15.9</td><td>5.2</td><td>71.1</td><td>42.9</td><td>28.9</td><td>2.33</td><td>166.8</td><td>7.8</td><td>3.9</td><td>58.2</td><td>36.7</td><td>26.3</td><td>2.31</td><td>148.5</td><td>26.8</td><td>6.5</td><td>83.6</td><td>49.3</td><td>31.5</td><td>2.35</td><td>185.1</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>18.4</td><td>4.4</td><td>70.4</td><td>40.3</td><td>26.7</td><td>1.32</td><td>161.8</td><td>9.0</td><td>3.3</td><td>57.8</td><td>34.2</td><td>23.8</td><td>1.31</td><td>143.3</td><td>30.7</td><td>5.4</td><td>83.2</td><td>46.3</td><td>29.5</td><td>1.33</td><td>181.1</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>16.2</td><td>3.5</td><td>83.1</td><td>80.6</td><td>32.3</td><td>2.00</td><td>218.1</td><td>8.0</td><td>2.9</td><td>68.1</td><td>69.0</td><td>28.9</td><td>1.98</td><td>195.6</td><td>27.3</td><td>4.2</td><td>97.9</td><td>92.2</td><td>35.6</td><td>2.02</td><td>241.0</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>12.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>74.7</td><td>36.3</td><td>18.8</td><td>4.21</td><td>150.9</td><td>6.3</td><td>2.9</td><td>61.3</td><td>32.2</td><td>17.2</td><td>4.17</td><td>134.1</td><td>21.4</td><td>4.2</td><td>88.3</td><td>40.5</td><td>20.4</td><td>4.25</td><td>167.5</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>7.3</td><td>1.7</td><td>41.3</td><td>12.0</td><td>10.5</td><td>1.94</td><td>75.0</td><td>3.6</td><td>1.3</td><td>33.8</td><td>10.6</td><td>9.4</td><td>1.93</td><td>65.9</td><td>12.2</td><td>2.1</td><td>48.7</td><td>13.4</td><td>11.6</td><td>1.96</td><td>84.2</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>17.3</td><td>3.9</td><td>98.0</td><td>56.9</td><td>38.6</td><td>5.80</td><td>221.2</td><td>8.5</td><td>3.2</td><td>80.3</td><td>49.8</td><td>34.7</td><td>5.74</td><td>198.4</td><td>29.3</td><td>4.6</td><td>115.6</td><td>64.0</td><td>42.6</td><td>5.85</td><td>244.2</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>15.7</td><td>7.0</td><td>77.1</td><td>24.4</td><td>23.2</td><td>5.60</td><td>153.4</td><td>7.7</td><td>5.5</td><td>63.2</td><td>20.4</td><td>20.8</td><td>5.55</td><td>135.4</td><td>26.2</td><td>8.6</td><td>90.9</td><td>28.4</td><td>25.7</td><td>5.65</td><td>171.8</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>11.6</td><td>3.2</td><td>68.4</td><td>42.0</td><td>16.7</td><td>6.06</td><td>148.3</td><td>5.7</td><td>2.5</td><td>56.1</td><td>32.8</td><td>14.9</td><td>6.00</td><td>130.5</td><td>19.5</td><td>3.8</td><td>80.7</td><td>51.1</td><td>18.6</td><td>6.11</td><td>166.3</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>8.3</td><td>3.7</td><td>56.1</td><td>31.3</td><td>16.5</td><td>2.16</td><td>118.4</td><td>4.1</td><td>3.0</td><td>46.1</td><td>25.7</td><td>14.5</td><td>2.14</td><td>105.0</td><td>14.1</td><td>4.4</td><td>66.2</td><td>36.8</td><td>18.5</td><td>2.17</td><td>131.9</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>6.0</td><td>3.4</td><td>46.5</td><td>29.6</td><td>21.5</td><td>3.22</td><td>110.4</td><td>3.0</td><td>2.5</td><td>44.3</td><td>20.8</td><td>18.3</td><td>3.19</td><td>99.7</td><td>10.1</td><td>4.3</td><td>48.6</td><td>38.3</td><td>24.6</td><td>3.25</td><td>120.9</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>4.7</td><td>2.7</td><td>48.1</td><td>35.8</td><td>29.7</td><td>5.53</td><td>126.9</td><td>2.3</td><td>1.9</td><td>45.3</td><td>25.2</td><td>25.4</td><td>5.48</td><td>114.4</td><td>8.0</td><td>3.6</td><td>51.0</td><td>46.8</td><td>34.0</td><td>5.58</td><td>139.5</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>8.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>57.0</td><td>57.2</td><td>21.4</td><td>6.18</td><td>153.4</td><td>4.0</td><td>2.4</td><td>54.1</td><td>40.6</td><td>18.1</td><td>6.12</td><td>135.3</td><td>13.7</td><td>4.1</td><td>59.9</td><td>73.5</td><td>24.7</td><td>6.23</td><td>171.2</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>11.1</td><td>2.4</td><td>53.6</td><td>35.9</td><td>13.7</td><td>3.08</td><td>119.9</td><td>5.4</td><td>1.7</td><td>51.1</td><td>25.8</td><td>11.6</td><td>3.05</td><td>107.3</td><td>18.6</td><td>3.1</td><td>56.2</td><td>45.8</td><td>15.7</td><td>3.11</td><td>132.9</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1988</td><td>6.8</td><td>3.4</td><td>59.1</td><td>42.4</td><td>11.8</td><td>3.29</td><td>127.1</td><td>3.4</td><td>2.4</td><td>55.8</td><td>31.1</td><td>9.9</td><td>3.26</td><td>114.2</td><td>11.6</td><td>4.4</td><td>62.5</td><td>53.9</td><td>13.6</td><td>3.32</td><td>140.0</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>6.7</td><td>1.7</td><td>53.8</td><td>28.0</td><td>14.6</td><td>3.20</td><td>108.3</td><td>3.3</td><td>1.2</td><td>51.2</td><td>20.5</td><td>12.4</td><td>3.17</td><td>98.9</td><td>11.2</td><td>2.1</td><td>56.5</td><td>35.5</td><td>16.9</td><td>3.23</td><td>117.5</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>3.8</td><td>2.7</td><td>52.9</td><td>36.8</td><td>11.7</td><td>5.05</td><td>113.1</td><td>1.9</td><td>2.0</td><td>49.7</td><td>26.3</td><td>9.9</td><td>5.01</td><td>101.6</td><td>6.4</td><td>3.4</td><td>56.1</td><td>47.5</td><td>13.4</td><td>5.10</td><td>124.6</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>1.9</td><td>2.1</td><td>47.7</td><td>35.7</td><td>13.0</td><td>2.65</td><td>103.0</td><td>0.9</td><td>1.6</td><td>45.0</td><td>24.7</td><td>11.2</td><td>2.62</td><td>91.5</td><td>3.1</td><td>2.5</td><td>50.4</td><td>46.8</td><td>14.9</td><td>2.67</td><td>114.8</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>7.5</td><td>8.2</td><td>47.9</td><td>37.9</td><td>12.0</td><td>2.46</td><td>116.1</td><td>4.0</td><td>5.5</td><td>45.1</td><td>32.0</td><td>10.3</td><td>2.44</td><td>107.6</td><td>12.7</td><td>10.9</td><td>50.7</td><td>43.7</td><td>13.7</td><td>2.48</td><td>124.9</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>9.4</td><td>4.4</td><td>36.8</td><td>43.3</td><td>8.1</td><td>2.23</td><td>104.6</td><td>5.9</td><td>3.2</td><td>35.5</td><td>23.2</td><td>7.2</td><td>2.21</td><td>83.9</td><td>15.1</td><td>5.5</td><td>38.2</td><td>63.4</td><td>9.0</td><td>2.25</td><td>125.3</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>13.0</td><td>4.0</td><td>37.2</td><td>30.2</td><td>5.2</td><td>1.35</td><td>91.3</td><td>8.5</td><td>2.9</td><td>35.9</td><td>24.0</td><td>4.6</td><td>1.33</td><td>82.8</td><td>20.2</td><td>5.2</td><td>38.5</td><td>36.5</td><td>5.7</td><td>1.36</td><td>100.9</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>25.5</td><td>3.8</td><td>43.2</td><td>39.6</td><td>6.8</td><td>1.75</td><td>121.2</td><td>18.1</td><td>2.6</td><td>41.8</td><td>33.7</td><td>6.0</td><td>1.73</td><td>110.7</td><td>37.4</td><td>5.1</td><td>44.6</td><td>45.5</td><td>7.7</td><td>1.76</td><td>134.4</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>18.8</td><td>5.7</td><td>39.1</td><td>29.3</td><td>9.2</td><td>2.41</td><td>105.0</td><td>13.4</td><td>4.1</td><td>37.5</td><td>23.0</td><td>8.1</td><td>2.39</td><td>95.6</td><td>27.8</td><td>7.3</td><td>40.7</td><td>35.6</td><td>10.3</td><td>2.43</td><td>115.6</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>16.2</td><td>6.0</td><td>32.3</td><td>24.0</td><td>4.6</td><td>1.61</td><td>85.1</td><td>11.6</td><td>4.2</td><td>31.0</td><td>18.2</td><td>4.1</td><td>1.60</td><td>76.8</td><td>23.7</td><td>7.8</td><td>33.6</td><td>29.8</td><td>5.0</td><td>1.63</td><td>94.6</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>8.8</td><td>6.5</td><td>24.8</td><td>16.4</td><td>2.6</td><td>1.53</td><td>60.5</td><td>5.2</td><td>4.5</td><td>23.4</td><td>12.8</td><td>2.4</td><td>1.51</td><td>54.7</td><td>12.5</td><td>8.4</td><td>26.1</td><td>20.1</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.54</td><td>66.4</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>10.5</td><td>6.3</td><td>27.0</td><td>15.8</td><td>4.2</td><td>1.17</td><td>65.0</td><td>6.3</td><td>4.4</td><td>25.4</td><td>12.9</td><td>3.9</td><td>1.16</td><td>59.1</td><td>15.0</td><td>8.2</td><td>28.6</td><td>18.8</td><td>4.5</td><td>1.18</td><td>71.0</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>14.3</td><td>6.4</td><td>25.8</td><td>17.0</td><td>2.4</td><td>0.53</td><td>66.4</td><td>8.5</td><td>4.5</td><td>23.7</td><td>14.0</td><td>2.2</td><td>0.53</td><td>59.1</td><td>20.4</td><td>8.2</td><td>27.9</td><td>20.0</td><td>2.6</td><td>0.54</td><td>74.0</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>15.1</td><td>2.5</td><td>27.1</td><td>26.9</td><td>4.3</td><td>0.79</td><td>76.8</td><td>9.0</td><td>1.7</td><td>25.0</td><td>23.2</td><td>3.9</td><td>0.78</td><td>69.0</td><td>21.6</td><td>3.3</td><td>29.3</td><td>30.6</td><td>4.6</td><td>0.80</td><td>84.6</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>11.0</td><td>2.4</td><td>19.3</td><td>14.1</td><td>1.0</td><td>0.50</td><td>48.4</td><td>6.5</td><td>1.6</td><td>17.6</td><td>11.5</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.50</td><td>42.6</td><td>15.9</td><td>3.3</td><td>21.0</td><td>16.7</td><td>1.0</td><td>0.51</td><td>54.3</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>9.3</td><td>3.4</td><td>30.7</td><td>26.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>1.19</td><td>74.0</td><td>4.9</td><td>2.2</td><td>28.3</td><td>21.4</td><td>3.0</td><td>1.18</td><td>66.9</td><td>13.8</td><td>4.5</td><td>33.1</td><td>30.8</td><td>3.6</td><td>1.20</td><td>81.2</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>11.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>26.5</td><td>25.8</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.28</td><td>70.8</td><td>7.5</td><td>2.1</td><td>24.7</td><td>20.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>1.27</td><td>63.8</td><td>15.0</td><td>4.5</td><td>28.4</td><td>31.0</td><td>2.9</td><td>1.30</td><td>77.6</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>13.8</td><td>4.4</td><td>25.9</td><td>26.7</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.98</td><td>73.3</td><td>7.9</td><td>2.5</td><td>24.2</td><td>21.4</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.98</td><td>65.0</td><td>19.7</td><td>6.3</td><td>27.5</td><td>31.8</td><td>1.9</td><td>0.99</td><td>81.8</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>13.8</td><td>5.4</td><td>23.9</td><td>22.8</td><td>2.5</td><td>1.02</td><td>69.5</td><td>8.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>22.3</td><td>18.4</td><td>2.3</td><td>1.01</td><td>62.0</td><td>19.2</td><td>7.2</td><td>25.5</td><td>27.3</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.03</td><td>76.9</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated returns (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2007</td><td>14.4</td><td>4.2</td><td>22.0</td><td>22.5</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.95</td><td>65.4</td><td>8.4</td><td>2.6</td><td>20.4</td><td>18.8</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.95</td><td>57.8</td><td>20.5</td><td>5.7</td><td>23.5</td><td>26.4</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.96</td><td>73.1</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>17.0</td><td>3.9</td><td>26.3</td><td>18.7</td><td>3.1</td><td>1.76</td><td>70.7</td><td>10.4</td><td>2.4</td><td>24.0</td><td>14.4</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.75</td><td>62.0</td><td>24.2</td><td>5.3</td><td>28.6</td><td>23.1</td><td>3.4</td><td>1.78</td><td>79.6</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>25.6</td><td>4.6</td><td>25.6</td><td>24.4</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.07</td><td>84.8</td><td>13.5</td><td>2.8</td><td>23.8</td><td>20.1</td><td>2.4</td><td>2.05</td><td>71.7</td><td>38.0</td><td>6.4</td><td>27.4</td><td>28.6</td><td>2.9</td><td>2.09</td><td>98.5</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>12.2</td><td>4.7</td><td>27.6</td><td>20.3</td><td>2.0</td><td>1.08</td><td>68.0</td><td>7.5</td><td>3.1</td><td>25.8</td><td>16.3</td><td>1.8</td><td>1.07</td><td>61.0</td><td>17.1</td><td>6.2</td><td>29.5</td><td>24.5</td><td>2.2</td><td>1.09</td><td>74.9</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>37.3</td><td>3.7</td><td>35.6</td><td>52.3</td><td>4.6</td><td>3.05</td><td>136.5</td><td>21.4</td><td>2.4</td><td>33.3</td><td>41.6</td><td>4.2</td><td>3.02</td><td>116.7</td><td>53.9</td><td>4.9</td><td>37.9</td><td>62.8</td><td>5.1</td><td>3.07</td><td>156.8</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>22.0</td><td>2.3</td><td>25.2</td><td>19.6</td><td>1.1</td><td>0.88</td><td>71.0</td><td>13.4</td><td>1.6</td><td>23.5</td><td>16.1</td><td>1.0</td><td>0.87</td><td>61.4</td><td>30.8</td><td>3.0</td><td>27.0</td><td>23.2</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.89</td><td>81.0</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>41.5</td><td>4.8</td><td>28.5</td><td>25.1</td><td>2.9</td><td>0.53</td><td>103.5</td><td>25.7</td><td>3.1</td><td>26.7</td><td>19.9</td><td>2.6</td><td>0.52</td><td>86.4</td><td>58.2</td><td>6.6</td><td>30.3</td><td>30.4</td><td>3.3</td><td>0.53</td><td>121.1</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>40.5</td><td>2.9</td><td>16.2</td><td>16.8</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.33</td><td>77.3</td><td>25.1</td><td>1.9</td><td>15.2</td><td>13.2</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.33</td><td>61.5</td><td>56.0</td><td>3.8</td><td>17.2</td><td>20.6</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.34</td><td>93.6</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>57.3</td><td>4.9</td><td>26.4</td><td>24.5</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.76</td><td>114.4</td><td>34.7</td><td>3.3</td><td>24.6</td><td>19.2</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.75</td><td>91.1</td><td>81.1</td><td>6.6</td><td>28.2</td><td>29.8</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.77</td><td>139.2</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>47.0</td><td>3.7</td><td>28.3</td><td>26.6</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.39</td><td>107.4</td><td>25.7</td><td>2.4</td><td>26.3</td><td>20.1</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.39</td><td>84.6</td><td>68.7</td><td>5.0</td><td>30.2</td><td>33.0</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.39</td><td>130.4</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>49.5</td><td>2.8</td><td>27.7</td><td>20.3</td><td>1.1</td><td>0.66</td><td>102.0</td><td>23.7</td><td>1.7</td><td>25.6</td><td>16.2</td><td>1.0</td><td>0.66</td><td>76.0</td><td>76.5</td><td>4.0</td><td>29.7</td><td>24.4</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.67</td><td>129.6</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>29.8</td><td>2.3</td><td>20.3</td><td>23.7</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.54</td><td>78.1</td><td>16.2</td><td>1.6</td><td>18.9</td><td>17.9</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.54</td><td>62.9</td><td>43.8</td><td>3.1</td><td>21.8</td><td>29.6</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.55</td><td>93.7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Change [(2018-2017)/2017]</td><td>-0.40</td><td>-0.18</td><td>-0.27</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.27</td><td>-0.18</td><td>-0.23</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Rank (descending) over 48 years</td><td>7</td><td>44</td><td>46</td><td>36</td><td>42</td><td>43</td><td>33</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.3.1. Estimated small salmon spawners (medians, 5th percentile, 95th percentile; X 1000) to the six geographic areas and overall for NAC 1970 to 2018. Spawners for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970</td><td>45.3</td><td>105.1</td><td>13.8</td><td>39.5</td><td>18.4</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>30.1</td><td>89.6</td><td>11.3</td><td>30.4</td><td>14.7</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>68.9</td><td>120.4</td><td>16.3</td><td>48.4</td><td>22.1</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>60.3</td><td>92.0</td><td>11.7</td><td>32.7</td><td>12.1</td><td>0.03</td><td>209.8</td><td>40.7</td><td>78.8</td><td>9.6</td><td>25.5</td><td>9.3</td><td>0.03</td><td>182.9</td><td>91.7</td><td>105.5</td><td>13.8</td><td>39.7</td><td>15.0</td><td>0.03</td><td>244.0</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>45.5</td><td>86.2</td><td>10.3</td><td>40.3</td><td>10.8</td><td>0.02</td><td>194.0</td><td>30.8</td><td>73.3</td><td>8.4</td><td>31.0</td><td>7.9</td><td>0.02</td><td>170.0</td><td>69.1</td><td>99.1</td><td>12.1</td><td>49.4</td><td>13.7</td><td>0.02</td><td>222.0</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>6.5</td><td>124.4</td><td>13.7</td><td>45.6</td><td>18.3</td><td>0.01</td><td>208.7</td><td>1.9</td><td>106.7</td><td>11.3</td><td>36.6</td><td>14.6</td><td>0.01</td><td>187.2</td><td>12.3</td><td>142.1</td><td>16.2</td><td>54.5</td><td>22.0</td><td>0.01</td><td>230.1</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>51.4</td><td>94.1</td><td>12.6</td><td>76.2</td><td>33.1</td><td>0.04</td><td>268.6</td><td>35.0</td><td>80.4</td><td>10.3</td><td>61.5</td><td>26.7</td><td>0.04</td><td>239.4</td><td>76.8</td><td>107.9</td><td>14.9</td><td>90.8</td><td>39.5</td><td>0.04</td><td>300.9</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>99.0</td><td>117.5</td><td>14.5</td><td>67.2</td><td>26.2</td><td>0.07</td><td>325.6</td><td>67.5</td><td>99.6</td><td>11.9</td><td>54.6</td><td>22.7</td><td>0.07</td><td>284.2</td><td>149.0</td><td>135.4</td><td>17.1</td><td>80.1</td><td>29.6</td><td>0.07</td><td>380.4</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>68.3</td><td>124.2</td><td>16.2</td><td>90.1</td><td>40.8</td><td>0.15</td><td>341.2</td><td>45.5</td><td>104.6</td><td>13.3</td><td>72.1</td><td>34.4</td><td>0.15</td><td>302.2</td><td>103.4</td><td>143.7</td><td>19.1</td><td>107.9</td><td>47.0</td><td>0.15</td><td>385.1</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>60.9</td><td>125.4</td><td>15.0</td><td>24.9</td><td>32.1</td><td>0.05</td><td>259.6</td><td>40.9</td><td>105.8</td><td>12.3</td><td>18.7</td><td>26.2</td><td>0.05</td><td>228.2</td><td>92.3</td><td>144.8</td><td>17.7</td><td>30.9</td><td>38.0</td><td>0.05</td><td>296.9</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>30.1</td><td>111.0</td><td>14.3</td><td>22.8</td><td>9.0</td><td>0.13</td><td>188.0</td><td>20.2</td><td>93.1</td><td>11.7</td><td>18.0</td><td>7.7</td><td>0.13</td><td>165.9</td><td>45.3</td><td>128.5</td><td>16.9</td><td>27.6</td><td>10.4</td><td>0.13</td><td>211.5</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>38.1</td><td>120.7</td><td>19.9</td><td>49.8</td><td>36.5</td><td>0.25</td><td>266.5</td><td>25.2</td><td>101.7</td><td>16.3</td><td>40.2</td><td>29.9</td><td>0.25</td><td>238.7</td><td>58.8</td><td>139.4</td><td>23.4</td><td>59.3</td><td>43.2</td><td>0.25</td><td>296.2</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>91.9</td><td>136.5</td><td>26.0</td><td>43.5</td><td>49.6</td><td>0.72</td><td>349.7</td><td>62.5</td><td>116.4</td><td>21.3</td><td>35.1</td><td>41.7</td><td>0.72</td><td>309.4</td><td>139.6</td><td>156.7</td><td>30.7</td><td>52.0</td><td>57.6</td><td>0.73</td><td>402.2</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>99.6</td><td>178.8</td><td>38.7</td><td>69.9</td><td>40.2</td><td>1.01</td><td>430.9</td><td>67.3</td><td>150.4</td><td>31.7</td><td>49.3</td><td>31.8</td><td>1.00</td><td>377.8</td><td>152.5</td><td>206.7</td><td>45.7</td><td>90.8</td><td>48.7</td><td>1.02</td><td>493.4</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>69.2</td><td>158.6</td><td>21.1</td><td>89.4</td><td>24.4</td><td>0.29</td><td>364.9</td><td>46.4</td><td>135.3</td><td>17.3</td><td>64.3</td><td>19.7</td><td>0.29</td><td>319.4</td><td>105.1</td><td>181.8</td><td>24.9</td><td>114.3</td><td>29.2</td><td>0.29</td><td>414.3</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>41.4</td><td>124.3</td><td>15.0</td><td>23.8</td><td>14.8</td><td>0.26</td><td>220.8</td><td>27.4</td><td>105.3</td><td>12.3</td><td>16.2</td><td>12.1</td><td>0.25</td><td>193.5</td><td>63.7</td><td>143.3</td><td>17.8</td><td>31.3</td><td>17.6</td><td>0.26</td><td>250.9</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>21.1</td><td>167.1</td><td>20.4</td><td>21.9</td><td>32.8</td><td>0.54</td><td>264.6</td><td>13.8</td><td>140.4</td><td>18.1</td><td>12.4</td><td>26.6</td><td>0.54</td><td>233.6</td><td>32.7</td><td>193.7</td><td>22.7</td><td>31.3</td><td>38.9</td><td>0.55</td><td>295.6</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>40.1</td><td>159.1</td><td>20.1</td><td>60.0</td><td>36.2</td><td>0.36</td><td>317.3</td><td>26.8</td><td>131.8</td><td>17.7</td><td>42.3</td><td>28.9</td><td>0.36</td><td>279.0</td><td>61.3</td><td>186.6</td><td>22.5</td><td>77.7</td><td>43.5</td><td>0.37</td><td>356.7</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>62.2</td><td>162.8</td><td>27.7</td><td>121.8</td><td>39.5</td><td>0.66</td><td>416.7</td><td>41.7</td><td>136.9</td><td>24.8</td><td>88.4</td><td>31.9</td><td>0.65</td><td>365.6</td><td>93.7</td><td>188.5</td><td>30.7</td><td>156.1</td><td>47.1</td><td>0.67</td><td>470.9</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>77.0</td><td>110.9</td><td>32.8</td><td>90.5</td><td>41.2</td><td>1.09</td><td>355.4</td><td>51.0</td><td>94.2</td><td>29.1</td><td>65.5</td><td>33.2</td><td>1.08</td><td>309.8</td><td>117.6</td><td>128.1</td><td>36.6</td><td>115.2</td><td>49.1</td><td>1.10</td><td>406.5</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1988</td><td>70.3</td><td>177.3</td><td>36.4</td><td>128.0</td><td>42.1</td><td>0.92</td><td>457.2</td><td>46.3</td><td>150.1</td><td>32.3</td><td>92.4</td><td>34.4</td><td>0.92</td><td>401.4</td><td>107.5</td><td>204.6</td><td>40.5</td><td>163.6</td><td>50.0</td><td>0.93</td><td>516.5</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>47.3</td><td>89.0</td><td>30.7</td><td>69.8</td><td>43.5</td><td>1.08</td><td>283.2</td><td>31.1</td><td>76.4</td><td>27.5</td><td>48.2</td><td>35.5</td><td>1.07</td><td>248.9</td><td>72.8</td><td>101.9</td><td>33.9</td><td>91.6</td><td>51.7</td><td>1.09</td><td>320.0</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>26.9</td><td>122.3</td><td>32.8</td><td>84.8</td><td>44.0</td><td>0.62</td><td>312.6</td><td>17.6</td><td>108.1</td><td>29.5</td><td>60.7</td><td>35.2</td><td>0.61</td><td>280.0</td><td>41.7</td><td>136.6</td><td>36.1</td><td>109.0</td><td>52.9</td><td>0.62</td><td>345.9</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>21.8</td><td>85.2</td><td>25.2</td><td>66.8</td><td>22.3</td><td>0.24</td><td>222.4</td><td>14.3</td><td>75.9</td><td>22.6</td><td>49.3</td><td>18.5</td><td>0.23</td><td>199.2</td><td>34.0</td><td>94.3</td><td>27.8</td><td>84.4</td><td>26.0</td><td>0.24</td><td>246.5</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>31.7</td><td>205.4</td><td>27.4</td><td>160.1</td><td>26.3</td><td>1.12</td><td>453.2</td><td>21.4</td><td>176.3</td><td>24.4</td><td>131.7</td><td>21.6</td><td>1.11</td><td>408.8</td><td>48.3</td><td>234.7</td><td>30.4</td><td>188.1</td><td>30.9</td><td>1.13</td><td>497.5</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>43.1</td><td>238.9</td><td>22.0</td><td>112.7</td><td>20.4</td><td>0.44</td><td>439.9</td><td>30.6</td><td>208.7</td><td>19.6</td><td>66.1</td><td>16.7</td><td>0.44</td><td>379.4</td><td>64.1</td><td>268.9</td><td>24.5</td><td>160.5</td><td>24.2</td><td>0.45</td><td>500.9</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>31.0</td><td>129.6</td><td>20.7</td><td>45.2</td><td>9.1</td><td>0.43</td><td>237.2</td><td>22.3</td><td>107.3</td><td>18.4</td><td>35.6</td><td>8.0</td><td>0.42</td><td>210.2</td><td>45.6</td><td>152.3</td><td>23.0</td><td>54.9</td><td>10.2</td><td>0.43</td><td>265.0</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>45.0</td><td>170.9</td><td>17.7</td><td>48.4</td><td>17.9</td><td>0.21</td><td>301.1</td><td>32.9</td><td>140.6</td><td>15.9</td><td>39.6</td><td>15.4</td><td>0.21</td><td>266.1</td><td>64.1</td><td>201.4</td><td>19.6</td><td>57.0</td><td>20.4</td><td>0.22</td><td>337.6</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>86.8</td><td>274.3</td><td>23.2</td><td>35.3</td><td>28.3</td><td>0.65</td><td>451.0</td><td>64.8</td><td>229.9</td><td>20.7</td><td>28.8</td><td>23.9</td><td>0.65</td><td>398.2</td><td>124.3</td><td>318.7</td><td>25.6</td><td>41.8</td><td>32.5</td><td>0.66</td><td>507.3</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>93.1</td><td>151.8</td><td>18.0</td><td>19.4</td><td>8.3</td><td>0.37</td><td>291.9</td><td>71.2</td><td>134.3</td><td>15.9</td><td>14.9</td><td>7.2</td><td>0.36</td><td>261.6</td><td>128.4</td><td>169.5</td><td>20.0</td><td>23.9</td><td>9.5</td><td>0.37</td><td>330.9</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>148.5</td><td>158.5</td><td>21.2</td><td>26.0</td><td>19.9</td><td>0.40</td><td>374.3</td><td>100.2</td><td>145.9</td><td>18.7</td><td>21.3</td><td>18.3</td><td>0.40</td><td>324.2</td><td>197.2</td><td>170.8</td><td>23.7</td><td>30.5</td><td>21.6</td><td>0.41</td><td>425.2</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>145.0</td><td>176.4</td><td>23.7</td><td>21.8</td><td>10.2</td><td>0.42</td><td>377.3</td><td>97.8</td><td>160.9</td><td>21.3</td><td>18.2</td><td>9.4</td><td>0.42</td><td>327.3</td><td>191.8</td><td>192.1</td><td>26.2</td><td>25.4</td><td>11.0</td><td>0.42</td><td>427.6</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>178.3</td><td>204.7</td><td>21.1</td><td>31.5</td><td>12.0</td><td>0.27</td><td>447.9</td><td>120.1</td><td>192.6</td><td>18.0</td><td>26.7</td><td>11.0</td><td>0.27</td><td>388.6</td><td>236.9</td><td>216.7</td><td>24.1</td><td>36.4</td><td>13.0</td><td>0.27</td><td>507.7</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>143.3</td><td>133.6</td><td>13.7</td><td>26.5</td><td>5.1</td><td>0.27</td><td>322.1</td><td>96.3</td><td>125.4</td><td>12.1</td><td>22.4</td><td>4.7</td><td>0.26</td><td>274.5</td><td>189.6</td><td>141.8</td><td>15.2</td><td>30.5</td><td>5.5</td><td>0.27</td><td>369.5</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>99.8</td><td>132.9</td><td>21.3</td><td>44.0</td><td>9.5</td><td>0.45</td><td>308.1</td><td>63.8</td><td>120.6</td><td>19.1</td><td>36.9</td><td>8.7</td><td>0.45</td><td>269.0</td><td>136.2</td><td>145.3</td><td>23.5</td><td>51.1</td><td>10.4</td><td>0.45</td><td>347.6</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>83.1</td><td>219.6</td><td>19.3</td><td>25.6</td><td>5.6</td><td>0.24</td><td>353.6</td><td>49.3</td><td>210.0</td><td>17.3</td><td>21.6</td><td>5.1</td><td>0.24</td><td>318.1</td><td>116.7</td><td>229.2</td><td>21.4</td><td>29.7</td><td>6.1</td><td>0.24</td><td>388.9</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>92.9</td><td>188.4</td><td>26.3</td><td>49.0</td><td>8.1</td><td>0.32</td><td>365.1</td><td>69.9</td><td>170.4</td><td>22.8</td><td>40.6</td><td>7.4</td><td>0.32</td><td>333.8</td><td>115.4</td><td>206.4</td><td>29.9</td><td>57.5</td><td>8.9</td><td>0.32</td><td>395.9</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>217.9</td><td>196.9</td><td>18.3</td><td>30.3</td><td>7.3</td><td>0.32</td><td>471.1</td><td>163.3</td><td>152.6</td><td>16.1</td><td>24.3</td><td>6.6</td><td>0.32</td><td>397.5</td><td>272.5</td><td>242.3</td><td>20.4</td><td>36.2</td><td>8.0</td><td>0.32</td><td>544.4</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>211.2</td><td>191.3</td><td>21.6</td><td>37.5</td><td>10.0</td><td>0.45</td><td>471.8</td><td>138.3</td><td>172.6</td><td>19.4</td><td>30.0</td><td>9.1</td><td>0.45</td><td>396.1</td><td>284.4</td><td>209.5</td><td>23.8</td><td>45.0</td><td>11.0</td><td>0.45</td><td>548.0</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2007</td><td>191.4</td><td>168.0</td><td>16.7</td><td>26.9</td><td>7.5</td><td>0.30</td><td>411.0</td><td>135.7</td><td>142.8</td><td>14.7</td><td>20.7</td><td>6.8</td><td>0.29</td><td>348.1</td><td>248.7</td><td>192.7</td><td>18.7</td><td>33.1</td><td>8.3</td><td>0.30</td><td>474.5</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>200.6</td><td>217.5</td><td>26.7</td><td>40.1</td><td>15.1</td><td>0.81</td><td>501.3</td><td>146.4</td><td>191.8</td><td>23.7</td><td>30.7</td><td>13.7</td><td>0.81</td><td>438.6</td><td>256.1</td><td>242.5</td><td>29.7</td><td>49.6</td><td>16.6</td><td>0.82</td><td>564.1</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>100.4</td><td>196.9</td><td>16.2</td><td>15.5</td><td>4.1</td><td>0.24</td><td>333.3</td><td>58.3</td><td>168.7</td><td>14.4</td><td>11.7</td><td>3.7</td><td>0.24</td><td>280.5</td><td>143.4</td><td>225.4</td><td>18.1</td><td>19.2</td><td>4.5</td><td>0.24</td><td>386.8</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>120.5</td><td>235.4</td><td>20.5</td><td>46.9</td><td>14.8</td><td>0.53</td><td>438.4</td><td>81.1</td><td>223.8</td><td>18.1</td><td>40.1</td><td>13.3</td><td>0.52</td><td>396.6</td><td>159.1</td><td>246.9</td><td>22.9</td><td>53.9</td><td>16.3</td><td>0.53</td><td>479.7</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>245.5</td><td>214.3</td><td>28.7</td><td>47.6</td><td>9.4</td><td>1.08</td><td>546.3</td><td>146.8</td><td>186.9</td><td>25.8</td><td>38.6</td><td>8.4</td><td>1.07</td><td>443.3</td><td>343.2</td><td>241.3</td><td>31.7</td><td>56.9</td><td>10.3</td><td>1.09</td><td>648.5</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>171.4</td><td>246.8</td><td>18.3</td><td>11.6</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.03</td><td>448.6</td><td>110.5</td><td>226.9</td><td>16.1</td><td>8.5</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.03</td><td>384.5</td><td>233.5</td><td>266.7</td><td>20.4</td><td>14.6</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.03</td><td>514.2</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>153.7</td><td>163.3</td><td>15.0</td><td>15.1</td><td>2.1</td><td>0.08</td><td>349.6</td><td>88.8</td><td>147.8</td><td>13.2</td><td>11.0</td><td>1.9</td><td>0.08</td><td>282.7</td><td>218.4</td><td>178.5</td><td>16.8</td><td>19.3</td><td>2.3</td><td>0.08</td><td>415.5</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>264.5</td><td>145.7</td><td>18.8</td><td>10.6</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.11</td><td>441.5</td><td>182.7</td><td>130.7</td><td>16.6</td><td>8.1</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.11</td><td>358.0</td><td>348.3</td><td>160.5</td><td>20.9</td><td>13.2</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.11</td><td>525.9</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>254.7</td><td>252.2</td><td>28.1</td><td>40.7</td><td>4.2</td><td>0.15</td><td>580.7</td><td>181.3</td><td>222.7</td><td>25.0</td><td>35.0</td><td>3.8</td><td>0.15</td><td>500.2</td><td>329.5</td><td>281.8</td><td>31.2</td><td>46.7</td><td>4.6</td><td>0.15</td><td>661.8</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>202.6</td><td>160.4</td><td>26.2</td><td>24.3</td><td>2.5</td><td>0.23</td><td>416.8</td><td>118.0</td><td>135.7</td><td>23.1</td><td>19.4</td><td>2.2</td><td>0.23</td><td>326.9</td><td>288.7</td><td>184.8</td><td>29.4</td><td>29.3</td><td>2.8</td><td>0.23</td><td>506.9</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>160.8</td><td>214.3</td><td>19.1</td><td>22.2</td><td>3.9</td><td>0.36</td><td>420.6</td><td>86.7</td><td>165.5</td><td>16.5</td><td>18.1</td><td>3.5</td><td>0.36</td><td>330.4</td><td>235.6</td><td>262.6</td><td>21.7</td><td>26.2</td><td>4.3</td><td>0.37</td><td>511.7</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>283.8</td><td>236.1</td><td>18.3</td><td>18.2</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.32</td><td>558.1</td><td>179.9</td><td>206.2</td><td>16.1</td><td>14.5</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.32</td><td>449.6</td><td>386.4</td><td>265.8</td><td>20.5</td><td>21.9</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.33</td><td>664.8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Change [(2018-2017)/2017]</td><td>0.76</td><td>0.10</td><td>-0.04</td><td>-0.18</td><td>-0.66</td><td>-0.11</td><td>0.33</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Rank (descending) over 48 years</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>31</td><td>44</td><td>47</td><td>23</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.3.2. Estimated large salmon spawners (medians, 5th percentile, 95th percentile; X 1000) to the six geographic areas and overall for NAC 1970 to 2018. Spawners for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970</td><td>9.5</td><td>12.7</td><td>39.1</td><td>11.9</td><td>7.9</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>4.4</td><td>9.8</td><td>32.1</td><td>9.6</td><td>5.6</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>16.4</td><td>15.8</td><td>46.2</td><td>14.2</td><td>10.2</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>13.9</td><td>11.0</td><td>20.3</td><td>11.8</td><td>8.2</td><td>0.49</td><td>65.9</td><td>6.6</td><td>8.4</td><td>16.6</td><td>9.4</td><td>6.4</td><td>0.49</td><td>56.1</td><td>23.7</td><td>13.5</td><td>23.9</td><td>14.2</td><td>9.9</td><td>0.49</td><td>77.1</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>11.9</td><td>11.3</td><td>39.7</td><td>33.3</td><td>12.0</td><td>1.04</td><td>109.5</td><td>5.6</td><td>8.7</td><td>32.6</td><td>25.4</td><td>10.1</td><td>1.03</td><td>95.9</td><td>20.5</td><td>13.9</td><td>46.8</td><td>41.0</td><td>13.8</td><td>1.05</td><td>123.4</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>16.3</td><td>15.4</td><td>40.3</td><td>35.4</td><td>7.6</td><td>1.10</td><td>116.7</td><td>7.5</td><td>11.8</td><td>33.1</td><td>27.8</td><td>6.3</td><td>1.09</td><td>101.1</td><td>28.2</td><td>19.0</td><td>47.6</td><td>43.0</td><td>9.0</td><td>1.11</td><td>132.9</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>16.4</td><td>13.1</td><td>49.1</td><td>55.8</td><td>15.2</td><td>1.15</td><td>151.1</td><td>7.6</td><td>11.5</td><td>40.2</td><td>44.4</td><td>13.0</td><td>1.14</td><td>132.8</td><td>28.2</td><td>14.6</td><td>57.9</td><td>67.3</td><td>17.5</td><td>1.16</td><td>170.3</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>15.6</td><td>17.2</td><td>40.8</td><td>33.6</td><td>17.9</td><td>1.94</td><td>127.4</td><td>7.4</td><td>14.9</td><td>33.5</td><td>26.4</td><td>15.3</td><td>1.93</td><td>112.6</td><td>26.5</td><td>19.4</td><td>48.1</td><td>40.9</td><td>20.5</td><td>1.96</td><td>142.8</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>17.6</td><td>15.6</td><td>38.8</td><td>29.1</td><td>17.0</td><td>1.13</td><td>119.6</td><td>8.2</td><td>13.6</td><td>31.8</td><td>22.1</td><td>14.2</td><td>1.12</td><td>104.3</td><td>29.9</td><td>17.6</td><td>45.7</td><td>36.2</td><td>19.8</td><td>1.14</td><td>135.8</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>14.9</td><td>11.9</td><td>55.5</td><td>55.6</td><td>21.6</td><td>0.64</td><td>160.7</td><td>6.7</td><td>10.2</td><td>45.8</td><td>43.4</td><td>18.1</td><td>0.64</td><td>141.0</td><td>26.0</td><td>13.5</td><td>65.9</td><td>67.9</td><td>25.1</td><td>0.65</td><td>180.6</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>12.0</td><td>9.8</td><td>51.2</td><td>19.4</td><td>10.9</td><td>3.31</td><td>106.8</td><td>5.5</td><td>8.8</td><td>42.0</td><td>14.6</td><td>9.2</td><td>3.28</td><td>93.4</td><td>20.7</td><td>10.8</td><td>60.4</td><td>24.2</td><td>12.6</td><td>3.34</td><td>120.6</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>6.7</td><td>6.6</td><td>21.9</td><td>8.8</td><td>7.9</td><td>1.51</td><td>53.6</td><td>3.0</td><td>5.7</td><td>18.0</td><td>6.7</td><td>6.7</td><td>1.50</td><td>47.1</td><td>11.6</td><td>7.5</td><td>25.9</td><td>10.9</td><td>9.2</td><td>1.52</td><td>60.5</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>16.4</td><td>10.1</td><td>61.0</td><td>34.4</td><td>23.9</td><td>4.26</td><td>150.7</td><td>7.6</td><td>9.2</td><td>49.9</td><td>26.9</td><td>19.8</td><td>4.23</td><td>132.5</td><td>28.4</td><td>11.1</td><td>71.9</td><td>42.1</td><td>28.1</td><td>4.30</td><td>169.2</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>15.2</td><td>27.5</td><td>44.7</td><td>16.1</td><td>12.7</td><td>4.34</td><td>120.8</td><td>7.2</td><td>23.9</td><td>36.7</td><td>9.9</td><td>9.9</td><td>4.30</td><td>106.2</td><td>25.7</td><td>31.1</td><td>52.8</td><td>22.2</td><td>15.5</td><td>4.37</td><td>136.1</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>11.0</td><td>10.4</td><td>45.3</td><td>27.1</td><td>10.4</td><td>4.64</td><td>109.1</td><td>5.1</td><td>8.9</td><td>37.2</td><td>15.8</td><td>8.3</td><td>4.60</td><td>92.5</td><td>18.9</td><td>11.9</td><td>53.5</td><td>38.3</td><td>12.5</td><td>4.69</td><td>126.0</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>7.9</td><td>11.1</td><td>29.7</td><td>18.1</td><td>5.7</td><td>1.77</td><td>74.5</td><td>3.7</td><td>9.9</td><td>24.3</td><td>11.2</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.75</td><td>63.7</td><td>13.6</td><td>12.3</td><td>35.0</td><td>25.0</td><td>7.9</td><td>1.79</td><td>85.7</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>5.5</td><td>11.9</td><td>37.1</td><td>28.4</td><td>20.0</td><td>2.55</td><td>105.6</td><td>2.5</td><td>8.6</td><td>34.1</td><td>19.2</td><td>16.7</td><td>2.52</td><td>94.0</td><td>9.6</td><td>15.1</td><td>40.1</td><td>37.7</td><td>23.3</td><td>2.57</td><td>117.6</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>4.5</td><td>10.9</td><td>35.5</td><td>43.1</td><td>28.6</td><td>4.88</td><td>127.6</td><td>2.0</td><td>7.6</td><td>31.6</td><td>30.6</td><td>23.7</td><td>4.84</td><td>112.6</td><td>7.7</td><td>14.2</td><td>39.3</td><td>55.8</td><td>33.3</td><td>4.93</td><td>142.5</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>7.7</td><td>12.2</td><td>40.6</td><td>66.4</td><td>24.9</td><td>5.57</td><td>157.7</td><td>3.5</td><td>9.4</td><td>36.6</td><td>47.1</td><td>20.4</td><td>5.52</td><td>136.3</td><td>13.2</td><td>15.1</td><td>44.7</td><td>85.9</td><td>29.4</td><td>5.62</td><td>179.1</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>10.4</td><td>8.4</td><td>36.1</td><td>44.0</td><td>16.1</td><td>2.78</td><td>118.0</td><td>4.8</td><td>6.4</td><td>32.6</td><td>31.5</td><td>13.4</td><td>2.76</td><td>102.8</td><td>18.0</td><td>10.4</td><td>39.5</td><td>56.3</td><td>18.7</td><td>2.81</td><td>133.3</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="8">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="8">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1988</td><td>6.1</td><td>12.9</td><td>43.2</td><td>51.7</td><td>14.8</td><td>3.04</td><td>132.0</td><td>2.7</td><td>9.8</td><td>38.6</td><td>37.7</td><td>12.1</td><td>3.01</td><td>116.0</td><td>10.9</td><td>16.0</td><td>47.8</td><td>65.8</td><td>17.5</td><td>3.07</td><td>148.2</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>6.2</td><td>6.9</td><td>41.1</td><td>40.6</td><td>18.1</td><td>2.80</td><td>116.0</td><td>2.8</td><td>5.4</td><td>37.5</td><td>29.4</td><td>15.2</td><td>2.78</td><td>102.9</td><td>10.7</td><td>8.4</td><td>44.8</td><td>51.5</td><td>21.0</td><td>2.83</td><td>128.8</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>3.5</td><td>10.2</td><td>41.0</td><td>54.9</td><td>15.3</td><td>4.36</td><td>129.3</td><td>1.5</td><td>8.3</td><td>36.6</td><td>37.9</td><td>12.8</td><td>4.32</td><td>111.1</td><td>6.1</td><td>12.1</td><td>45.3</td><td>71.5</td><td>17.8</td><td>4.40</td><td>147.2</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>1.8</td><td>7.5</td><td>33.1</td><td>56.0</td><td>14.1</td><td>2.42</td><td>115.0</td><td>0.8</td><td>6.1</td><td>29.4</td><td>38.5</td><td>11.9</td><td>2.39</td><td>96.8</td><td>3.0</td><td>9.0</td><td>36.7</td><td>73.6</td><td>16.3</td><td>2.44</td><td>133.5</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>6.8</td><td>31.4</td><td>32.4</td><td>58.1</td><td>13.0</td><td>2.29</td><td>144.2</td><td>3.2</td><td>22.0</td><td>28.5</td><td>49.5</td><td>11.0</td><td>2.27</td><td>129.9</td><td>11.9</td><td>40.7</td><td>36.2</td><td>66.7</td><td>15.0</td><td>2.31</td><td>158.3</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>9.0</td><td>16.9</td><td>25.0</td><td>62.8</td><td>8.8</td><td>2.07</td><td>125.1</td><td>5.5</td><td>13.6</td><td>23.2</td><td>33.8</td><td>7.6</td><td>2.05</td><td>95.2</td><td>14.7</td><td>20.3</td><td>26.8</td><td>92.2</td><td>9.9</td><td>2.08</td><td>154.8</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>12.5</td><td>16.9</td><td>24.5</td><td>40.3</td><td>5.4</td><td>1.34</td><td>101.4</td><td>8.0</td><td>13.4</td><td>22.7</td><td>32.1</td><td>4.8</td><td>1.33</td><td>90.6</td><td>19.7</td><td>20.4</td><td>26.2</td><td>48.4</td><td>6.1</td><td>1.36</td><td>112.7</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>25.1</td><td>18.6</td><td>34.6</td><td>47.4</td><td>7.1</td><td>1.75</td><td>135.1</td><td>17.7</td><td>14.2</td><td>32.7</td><td>40.4</td><td>6.2</td><td>1.73</td><td>122.8</td><td>37.0</td><td>22.9</td><td>36.5</td><td>54.5</td><td>8.0</td><td>1.76</td><td>149.3</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>18.4</td><td>28.4</td><td>30.0</td><td>39.7</td><td>10.0</td><td>2.41</td><td>129.3</td><td>13.0</td><td>23.2</td><td>27.8</td><td>31.5</td><td>8.7</td><td>2.39</td><td>117.6</td><td>27.5</td><td>33.6</td><td>32.2</td><td>47.6</td><td>11.2</td><td>2.43</td><td>142.3</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>16.0</td><td>27.6</td><td>24.8</td><td>34.5</td><td>4.9</td><td>1.61</td><td>109.9</td><td>11.4</td><td>22.4</td><td>23.0</td><td>27.1</td><td>4.3</td><td>1.60</td><td>99.0</td><td>23.5</td><td>32.6</td><td>26.6</td><td>42.0</td><td>5.5</td><td>1.63</td><td>121.3</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>13.1</td><td>34.8</td><td>23.0</td><td>29.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.53</td><td>105.6</td><td>7.7</td><td>27.0</td><td>21.2</td><td>23.9</td><td>3.2</td><td>1.51</td><td>94.3</td><td>18.5</td><td>42.8</td><td>24.8</td><td>35.1</td><td>3.8</td><td>1.54</td><td>116.9</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>15.7</td><td>31.8</td><td>27.9</td><td>25.8</td><td>4.4</td><td>1.17</td><td>106.8</td><td>9.1</td><td>24.6</td><td>25.7</td><td>21.5</td><td>4.1</td><td>1.16</td><td>95.7</td><td>22.2</td><td>38.9</td><td>30.1</td><td>30.1</td><td>4.8</td><td>1.18</td><td>118.0</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>21.4</td><td>26.5</td><td>26.7</td><td>28.9</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.59</td><td>108.0</td><td>12.6</td><td>22.4</td><td>23.9</td><td>24.3</td><td>2.4</td><td>1.57</td><td>96.4</td><td>30.5</td><td>30.5</td><td>29.6</td><td>33.5</td><td>2.9</td><td>1.60</td><td>119.3</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>22.7</td><td>17.5</td><td>27.5</td><td>38.4</td><td>4.4</td><td>1.49</td><td>111.9</td><td>13.3</td><td>14.8</td><td>24.9</td><td>33.4</td><td>4.0</td><td>1.48</td><td>100.5</td><td>32.2</td><td>20.2</td><td>30.1</td><td>43.4</td><td>4.8</td><td>1.51</td><td>123.4</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>16.5</td><td>16.5</td><td>20.7</td><td>22.7</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.51</td><td>78.3</td><td>9.6</td><td>13.4</td><td>18.4</td><td>18.8</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.51</td><td>69.2</td><td>23.7</td><td>19.6</td><td>23.0</td><td>26.5</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.52</td><td>87.5</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>13.9</td><td>24.1</td><td>33.8</td><td>38.8</td><td>3.3</td><td>1.19</td><td>115.0</td><td>7.0</td><td>19.0</td><td>30.5</td><td>32.5</td><td>3.0</td><td>1.18</td><td>103.7</td><td>20.6</td><td>29.1</td><td>37.1</td><td>45.2</td><td>3.6</td><td>1.20</td><td>126.4</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>16.6</td><td>21.8</td><td>28.2</td><td>38.7</td><td>3.0</td><td>1.28</td><td>109.5</td><td>11.1</td><td>16.6</td><td>25.6</td><td>31.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.27</td><td>98.6</td><td>22.1</td><td>27.1</td><td>30.7</td><td>45.8</td><td>3.2</td><td>1.30</td><td>120.4</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>20.6</td><td>27.9</td><td>28.1</td><td>36.8</td><td>1.9</td><td>1.09</td><td>116.3</td><td>11.7</td><td>19.9</td><td>25.8</td><td>29.9</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.08</td><td>102.2</td><td>29.4</td><td>35.9</td><td>30.4</td><td>43.8</td><td>2.1</td><td>1.10</td><td>130.7</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>20.8</td><td>35.3</td><td>26.1</td><td>36.6</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.42</td><td>122.9</td><td>13.0</td><td>29.5</td><td>23.9</td><td>30.0</td><td>2.5</td><td>1.41</td><td>110.7</td><td>28.6</td><td>41.0</td><td>28.2</td><td>43.2</td><td>3.1</td><td>1.43</td><td>135.1</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2007</td><td>21.6</td><td>29.2</td><td>23.5</td><td>33.6</td><td>1.5</td><td>1.19</td><td>110.6</td><td>12.5</td><td>23.1</td><td>21.5</td><td>28.1</td><td>1.3</td><td>1.18</td><td>97.8</td><td>30.6</td><td>35.5</td><td>25.7</td><td>39.2</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.20</td><td>123.5</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>25.7</td><td>28.4</td><td>29.9</td><td>27.1</td><td>3.2</td><td>2.23</td><td>116.3</td><td>15.5</td><td>22.0</td><td>26.7</td><td>21.2</td><td>2.8</td><td>2.21</td><td>102.3</td><td>36.2</td><td>34.7</td><td>33.0</td><td>32.9</td><td>3.5</td><td>2.25</td><td>130.6</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>39.1</td><td>34.2</td><td>28.7</td><td>35.2</td><td>3.0</td><td>2.32</td><td>142.6</td><td>20.4</td><td>23.5</td><td>26.3</td><td>29.4</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.30</td><td>119.5</td><td>57.7</td><td>44.6</td><td>31.2</td><td>41.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>2.34</td><td>165.4</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>18.5</td><td>34.8</td><td>32.1</td><td>31.6</td><td>2.4</td><td>1.50</td><td>120.7</td><td>11.3</td><td>28.2</td><td>29.5</td><td>26.2</td><td>2.1</td><td>1.49</td><td>109.0</td><td>25.7</td><td>41.4</td><td>34.6</td><td>37.0</td><td>2.6</td><td>1.52</td><td>132.6</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>57.2</td><td>42.7</td><td>40.6</td><td>63.6</td><td>4.7</td><td>3.91</td><td>212.9</td><td>32.8</td><td>30.7</td><td>37.5</td><td>50.8</td><td>4.2</td><td>3.88</td><td>181.6</td><td>82.0</td><td>55.0</td><td>43.8</td><td>75.9</td><td>5.2</td><td>3.95</td><td>243.7</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>33.8</td><td>28.6</td><td>28.5</td><td>26.6</td><td>1.2</td><td>2.05</td><td>120.5</td><td>20.5</td><td>23.0</td><td>26.1</td><td>21.6</td><td>1.1</td><td>2.04</td><td>105.0</td><td>47.0</td><td>34.1</td><td>30.8</td><td>31.5</td><td>1.4</td><td>2.07</td><td>136.2</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>63.8</td><td>37.4</td><td>32.4</td><td>33.7</td><td>3.1</td><td>5.25</td><td>175.6</td><td>39.2</td><td>25.4</td><td>29.9</td><td>26.8</td><td>2.8</td><td>5.20</td><td>146.9</td><td>88.5</td><td>49.2</td><td>34.8</td><td>40.7</td><td>3.5</td><td>5.30</td><td>204.7</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>62.1</td><td>19.9</td><td>17.5</td><td>23.3</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.57</td><td>124.2</td><td>38.5</td><td>16.2</td><td>16.1</td><td>18.3</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.57</td><td>99.6</td><td>85.3</td><td>23.7</td><td>18.8</td><td>28.3</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.58</td><td>147.9</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>88.2</td><td>36.3</td><td>30.6</td><td>33.6</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.52</td><td>191.1</td><td>53.4</td><td>28.6</td><td>28.2</td><td>26.6</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.51</td><td>154.4</td><td>123.8</td><td>44.0</td><td>33.1</td><td>40.7</td><td>0.8</td><td>1.53</td><td>228.0</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>72.3</td><td>23.9</td><td>32.8</td><td>35.5</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.88</td><td>166.8</td><td>39.4</td><td>18.7</td><td>30.0</td><td>26.9</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.87</td><td>132.1</td><td>104.5</td><td>29.0</td><td>35.5</td><td>44.0</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.89</td><td>200.6</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>76.0</td><td>27.6</td><td>32.7</td><td>27.8</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.45</td><td>166.5</td><td>36.3</td><td>19.8</td><td>29.9</td><td>22.2</td><td>1.1</td><td>1.44</td><td>126.0</td><td>116.7</td><td>35.3</td><td>35.5</td><td>33.2</td><td>1.3</td><td>1.47</td><td>208.5</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>45.7</td><td>22.5</td><td>23.9</td><td>32.5</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.89</td><td>127.0</td><td>24.8</td><td>17.0</td><td>21.9</td><td>24.6</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.88</td><td>103.6</td><td>66.8</td><td>28.1</td><td>25.9</td><td>40.3</td><td>1.7</td><td>0.90</td><td>150.5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Change [(2018-2017)/2017]</td><td>-0.40</td><td>-0.18</td><td>-0.27</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.31</td><td>-0.39</td><td>-0.24</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Rank (descending) over 48 years</td><td>7</td><td>21</td><td>42</td><td>31</td><td>42</td><td>43</td><td>18</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.3.3. Estimated 2SW salmon spawners (medians, 5th percentile, 95th percentile; X 1000) to the six geographic areas and overall for NAC 1970 to 2018. Spawners for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970</td><td>9.5</td><td>3.2</td><td>28.5</td><td>10.0</td><td>6.5</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>4.4</td><td>2.3</td><td>23.4</td><td>8.2</td><td>4.7</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td><td>16.4</td><td>4.2</td><td>33.7</td><td>11.8</td><td>8.3</td><td>NA</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>13.9</td><td>3.0</td><td>14.8</td><td>10.4</td><td>7.1</td><td>0.49</td><td>49.7</td><td>6.6</td><td>2.1</td><td>12.1</td><td>8.3</td><td>5.6</td><td>0.49</td><td>41.1</td><td>23.7</td><td>3.9</td><td>17.5</td><td>12.6</td><td>8.5</td><td>0.49</td><td>60.3</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>11.9</td><td>3.1</td><td>29.0</td><td>29.1</td><td>10.4</td><td>1.04</td><td>84.9</td><td>5.6</td><td>2.2</td><td>23.8</td><td>22.3</td><td>8.7</td><td>1.03</td><td>73.2</td><td>20.5</td><td>4.1</td><td>34.2</td><td>36.1</td><td>12.0</td><td>1.05</td><td>97.3</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>16.3</td><td>3.8</td><td>29.4</td><td>32.4</td><td>6.7</td><td>1.10</td><td>90.0</td><td>7.5</td><td>2.8</td><td>24.1</td><td>25.3</td><td>5.5</td><td>1.09</td><td>76.5</td><td>28.2</td><td>4.9</td><td>34.7</td><td>39.1</td><td>7.8</td><td>1.11</td><td>104.8</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>16.4</td><td>3.1</td><td>35.8</td><td>48.9</td><td>14.1</td><td>1.15</td><td>119.8</td><td>7.6</td><td>2.4</td><td>29.4</td><td>38.9</td><td>12.0</td><td>1.14</td><td>103.6</td><td>28.2</td><td>3.9</td><td>42.3</td><td>58.9</td><td>16.3</td><td>1.16</td><td>137.0</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>15.6</td><td>4.7</td><td>29.8</td><td>28.9</td><td>16.4</td><td>1.94</td><td>97.7</td><td>7.4</td><td>3.4</td><td>24.4</td><td>22.6</td><td>13.9</td><td>1.93</td><td>84.6</td><td>26.5</td><td>6.0</td><td>35.1</td><td>35.2</td><td>18.9</td><td>1.96</td><td>111.6</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>17.6</td><td>4.0</td><td>28.3</td><td>24.1</td><td>15.5</td><td>1.13</td><td>90.8</td><td>8.2</td><td>3.0</td><td>23.2</td><td>18.3</td><td>12.9</td><td>1.12</td><td>77.5</td><td>29.9</td><td>5.0</td><td>33.4</td><td>29.9</td><td>18.1</td><td>1.14</td><td>105.8</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>14.9</td><td>2.8</td><td>40.5</td><td>51.4</td><td>18.9</td><td>0.64</td><td>129.7</td><td>6.7</td><td>2.2</td><td>33.4</td><td>40.1</td><td>15.7</td><td>0.64</td><td>111.9</td><td>26.0</td><td>3.4</td><td>48.1</td><td>62.7</td><td>22.0</td><td>0.65</td><td>147.7</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>12.0</td><td>3.1</td><td>37.4</td><td>16.0</td><td>9.4</td><td>3.31</td><td>81.4</td><td>5.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>30.6</td><td>12.1</td><td>7.9</td><td>3.28</td><td>70.3</td><td>20.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>44.1</td><td>19.9</td><td>10.9</td><td>3.34</td><td>93.2</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>6.7</td><td>1.6</td><td>16.0</td><td>5.8</td><td>6.7</td><td>1.51</td><td>38.4</td><td>3.0</td><td>1.2</td><td>13.1</td><td>4.4</td><td>5.7</td><td>1.50</td><td>32.9</td><td>11.6</td><td>2.0</td><td>18.9</td><td>7.1</td><td>7.7</td><td>1.52</td><td>44.4</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>16.4</td><td>3.3</td><td>44.5</td><td>31.5</td><td>21.3</td><td>4.26</td><td>121.7</td><td>7.6</td><td>2.6</td><td>36.5</td><td>24.5</td><td>17.7</td><td>4.23</td><td>106.1</td><td>28.4</td><td>3.9</td><td>52.5</td><td>38.4</td><td>24.9</td><td>4.30</td><td>138.0</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>15.2</td><td>6.6</td><td>32.6</td><td>9.8</td><td>10.4</td><td>4.34</td><td>79.1</td><td>7.2</td><td>5.1</td><td>26.8</td><td>5.9</td><td>8.2</td><td>4.30</td><td>67.3</td><td>25.7</td><td>8.1</td><td>38.5</td><td>13.6</td><td>12.5</td><td>4.37</td><td>92.1</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>11.0</td><td>2.8</td><td>33.1</td><td>21.3</td><td>7.8</td><td>4.64</td><td>80.9</td><td>5.1</td><td>2.2</td><td>27.2</td><td>12.1</td><td>6.2</td><td>4.60</td><td>67.4</td><td>18.9</td><td>3.4</td><td>39.1</td><td>30.3</td><td>9.4</td><td>4.69</td><td>94.8</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>7.9</td><td>3.3</td><td>21.7</td><td>13.9</td><td>4.2</td><td>1.77</td><td>53.0</td><td>3.7</td><td>2.7</td><td>17.7</td><td>8.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>1.75</td><td>44.1</td><td>13.6</td><td>3.9</td><td>25.6</td><td>19.5</td><td>5.8</td><td>1.79</td><td>62.3</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>5.5</td><td>3.2</td><td>27.1</td><td>25.9</td><td>17.5</td><td>2.55</td><td>81.9</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.3</td><td>24.9</td><td>17.3</td><td>14.5</td><td>2.52</td><td>71.5</td><td>9.6</td><td>4.1</td><td>29.3</td><td>34.7</td><td>20.5</td><td>2.57</td><td>92.5</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>4.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>25.9</td><td>34.9</td><td>24.6</td><td>4.88</td><td>97.7</td><td>2.0</td><td>1.9</td><td>23.0</td><td>24.3</td><td>20.5</td><td>4.84</td><td>85.2</td><td>7.7</td><td>3.5</td><td>28.7</td><td>45.8</td><td>28.8</td><td>4.93</td><td>110.2</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>7.7</td><td>3.2</td><td>29.7</td><td>55.4</td><td>18.4</td><td>5.57</td><td>120.1</td><td>3.5</td><td>2.4</td><td>26.7</td><td>38.8</td><td>15.3</td><td>5.52</td><td>102.0</td><td>13.2</td><td>4.1</td><td>32.6</td><td>71.9</td><td>21.6</td><td>5.62</td><td>138.3</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>10.4</td><td>2.3</td><td>26.3</td><td>33.8</td><td>12.2</td><td>2.78</td><td>88.1</td><td>4.8</td><td>1.6</td><td>23.8</td><td>23.8</td><td>10.2</td><td>2.76</td><td>75.5</td><td>18.0</td><td>3.0</td><td>28.9</td><td>43.8</td><td>14.2</td><td>2.81</td><td>101.1</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1988</td><td>6.1</td><td>3.4</td><td>31.5</td><td>41.0</td><td>10.3</td><td>3.04</td><td>95.7</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.4</td><td>28.2</td><td>29.7</td><td>8.5</td><td>3.01</td><td>82.8</td><td>10.9</td><td>4.4</td><td>34.9</td><td>52.6</td><td>12.1</td><td>3.07</td><td>108.8</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>6.2</td><td>1.7</td><td>30.0</td><td>26.8</td><td>14.3</td><td>2.80</td><td>82.0</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.2</td><td>27.3</td><td>19.2</td><td>12.0</td><td>2.78</td><td>72.7</td><td>10.7</td><td>2.1</td><td>32.7</td><td>34.3</td><td>16.5</td><td>2.83</td><td>91.4</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>3.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>29.9</td><td>35.8</td><td>11.0</td><td>4.36</td><td>87.2</td><td>1.5</td><td>2.0</td><td>26.7</td><td>25.0</td><td>9.3</td><td>4.32</td><td>75.5</td><td>6.1</td><td>3.4</td><td>33.1</td><td>46.3</td><td>12.8</td><td>4.40</td><td>98.8</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>1.8</td><td>2.0</td><td>24.1</td><td>34.9</td><td>11.7</td><td>2.42</td><td>77.0</td><td>0.8</td><td>1.6</td><td>21.5</td><td>23.8</td><td>9.8</td><td>2.39</td><td>65.4</td><td>3.0</td><td>2.5</td><td>26.8</td><td>46.0</td><td>13.5</td><td>2.44</td><td>88.7</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>6.8</td><td>8.1</td><td>23.6</td><td>36.7</td><td>10.8</td><td>2.29</td><td>88.6</td><td>3.2</td><td>5.4</td><td>20.8</td><td>30.9</td><td>9.2</td><td>2.27</td><td>80.3</td><td>11.9</td><td>10.8</td><td>26.4</td><td>42.5</td><td>12.5</td><td>2.31</td><td>97.2</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>9.0</td><td>4.3</td><td>18.2</td><td>42.8</td><td>6.9</td><td>2.07</td><td>83.8</td><td>5.5</td><td>3.2</td><td>16.9</td><td>22.6</td><td>6.0</td><td>2.05</td><td>62.7</td><td>14.7</td><td>5.4</td><td>19.5</td><td>62.7</td><td>7.8</td><td>2.08</td><td>104.2</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>12.5</td><td>3.9</td><td>17.9</td><td>29.5</td><td>4.4</td><td>1.34</td><td>69.9</td><td>8.0</td><td>2.8</td><td>16.6</td><td>23.3</td><td>3.9</td><td>1.33</td><td>61.3</td><td>19.7</td><td>5.0</td><td>19.2</td><td>35.9</td><td>4.9</td><td>1.36</td><td>79.4</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>25.1</td><td>3.7</td><td>25.3</td><td>39.1</td><td>6.5</td><td>1.75</td><td>101.7</td><td>17.7</td><td>2.5</td><td>23.9</td><td>33.1</td><td>5.7</td><td>1.73</td><td>91.3</td><td>37.0</td><td>4.9</td><td>26.7</td><td>45.0</td><td>7.3</td><td>1.76</td><td>114.8</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>18.4</td><td>5.5</td><td>21.9</td><td>28.4</td><td>8.4</td><td>2.41</td><td>85.5</td><td>13.0</td><td>3.9</td><td>20.3</td><td>22.2</td><td>7.3</td><td>2.39</td><td>76.1</td><td>27.5</td><td>7.1</td><td>23.5</td><td>34.6</td><td>9.4</td><td>2.43</td><td>96.4</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>16.0</td><td>5.9</td><td>18.1</td><td>23.3</td><td>4.0</td><td>1.61</td><td>69.3</td><td>11.4</td><td>4.1</td><td>16.8</td><td>17.6</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.60</td><td>61.0</td><td>23.5</td><td>7.6</td><td>19.4</td><td>29.0</td><td>4.4</td><td>1.63</td><td>78.7</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>8.6</td><td>6.4</td><td>16.8</td><td>16.0</td><td>2.3</td><td>1.53</td><td>51.5</td><td>5.0</td><td>4.4</td><td>15.5</td><td>12.4</td><td>2.1</td><td>1.51</td><td>45.7</td><td>12.3</td><td>8.3</td><td>18.1</td><td>19.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>1.54</td><td>57.3</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>10.3</td><td>6.2</td><td>20.4</td><td>15.1</td><td>3.7</td><td>1.17</td><td>56.8</td><td>6.0</td><td>4.3</td><td>18.8</td><td>12.1</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.16</td><td>50.9</td><td>14.7</td><td>8.1</td><td>22.0</td><td>18.0</td><td>4.0</td><td>1.18</td><td>62.7</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>14.1</td><td>6.2</td><td>19.5</td><td>16.4</td><td>2.2</td><td>1.59</td><td>59.9</td><td>8.3</td><td>4.4</td><td>17.4</td><td>13.4</td><td>2.0</td><td>1.57</td><td>52.6</td><td>20.2</td><td>8.0</td><td>21.6</td><td>19.4</td><td>2.4</td><td>1.60</td><td>67.5</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>14.8</td><td>2.4</td><td>20.1</td><td>26.0</td><td>4.0</td><td>1.49</td><td>68.8</td><td>8.7</td><td>1.6</td><td>18.2</td><td>22.3</td><td>3.7</td><td>1.48</td><td>61.1</td><td>21.3</td><td>3.2</td><td>22.0</td><td>29.7</td><td>4.4</td><td>1.51</td><td>76.7</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>10.8</td><td>2.4</td><td>15.1</td><td>13.6</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.51</td><td>43.2</td><td>6.3</td><td>1.6</td><td>13.5</td><td>11.0</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.51</td><td>37.5</td><td>15.6</td><td>3.2</td><td>16.8</td><td>16.1</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.52</td><td>49.1</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>9.0</td><td>3.3</td><td>24.6</td><td>25.3</td><td>3.1</td><td>1.19</td><td>66.6</td><td>4.6</td><td>2.2</td><td>22.3</td><td>20.7</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.18</td><td>59.5</td><td>13.6</td><td>4.5</td><td>27.1</td><td>30.0</td><td>3.4</td><td>1.20</td><td>73.9</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>10.9</td><td>3.2</td><td>20.6</td><td>24.9</td><td>2.6</td><td>1.28</td><td>63.4</td><td>7.3</td><td>2.0</td><td>18.7</td><td>19.7</td><td>2.4</td><td>1.27</td><td>56.6</td><td>14.7</td><td>4.5</td><td>22.4</td><td>30.1</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.30</td><td>70.3</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>13.5</td><td>4.3</td><td>20.5</td><td>25.7</td><td>1.6</td><td>1.09</td><td>66.7</td><td>7.6</td><td>2.5</td><td>18.8</td><td>20.5</td><td>1.4</td><td>1.08</td><td>58.2</td><td>19.5</td><td>6.2</td><td>22.2</td><td>30.9</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.10</td><td>75.2</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>13.6</td><td>5.3</td><td>19.0</td><td>22.0</td><td>2.4</td><td>1.42</td><td>63.7</td><td>8.5</td><td>3.5</td><td>17.5</td><td>17.6</td><td>2.2</td><td>1.41</td><td>56.3</td><td>19.0</td><td>7.1</td><td>20.6</td><td>26.4</td><td>2.6</td><td>1.43</td><td>71.1</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="7">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="7">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2007</td><td>14.1</td><td>4.1</td><td>17.2</td><td>21.7</td><td>1.3</td><td>1.19</td><td>59.6</td><td>8.2</td><td>2.6</td><td>15.7</td><td>17.9</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.18</td><td>52.0</td><td>20.3</td><td>5.6</td><td>18.8</td><td>25.4</td><td>1.4</td><td>1.20</td><td>67.3</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>16.8</td><td>3.8</td><td>21.8</td><td>17.8</td><td>3.0</td><td>2.81</td><td>66.0</td><td>10.2</td><td>2.4</td><td>19.5</td><td>13.6</td><td>2.6</td><td>2.78</td><td>57.3</td><td>24.0</td><td>5.2</td><td>24.1</td><td>22.1</td><td>3.3</td><td>2.83</td><td>74.8</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>25.4</td><td>4.6</td><td>21.0</td><td>23.5</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.29</td><td>79.2</td><td>13.3</td><td>2.7</td><td>19.2</td><td>19.3</td><td>2.3</td><td>2.27</td><td>66.0</td><td>37.8</td><td>6.4</td><td>22.7</td><td>27.6</td><td>2.8</td><td>2.31</td><td>92.7</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>12.0</td><td>4.6</td><td>23.4</td><td>19.5</td><td>1.9</td><td>1.48</td><td>62.9</td><td>7.3</td><td>3.1</td><td>21.5</td><td>15.5</td><td>1.7</td><td>1.47</td><td>56.0</td><td>16.9</td><td>6.1</td><td>25.3</td><td>23.5</td><td>2.1</td><td>1.50</td><td>69.8</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>37.2</td><td>3.6</td><td>29.7</td><td>50.8</td><td>4.6</td><td>3.87</td><td>129.7</td><td>21.3</td><td>2.4</td><td>27.4</td><td>40.5</td><td>4.1</td><td>3.84</td><td>109.9</td><td>53.8</td><td>4.9</td><td>31.9</td><td>61.2</td><td>5.0</td><td>3.91</td><td>150.1</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>21.9</td><td>2.3</td><td>20.8</td><td>18.9</td><td>1.0</td><td>2.02</td><td>66.9</td><td>13.3</td><td>1.6</td><td>19.0</td><td>15.4</td><td>0.9</td><td>2.00</td><td>57.3</td><td>30.8</td><td>2.9</td><td>22.5</td><td>22.4</td><td>1.1</td><td>2.04</td><td>76.8</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>41.4</td><td>4.7</td><td>23.6</td><td>24.1</td><td>2.9</td><td>5.24</td><td>102.0</td><td>25.5</td><td>3.0</td><td>21.9</td><td>18.9</td><td>2.6</td><td>5.20</td><td>84.7</td><td>58.0</td><td>6.5</td><td>25.4</td><td>29.2</td><td>3.3</td><td>5.29</td><td>119.7</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>40.4</td><td>2.8</td><td>12.8</td><td>16.5</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.57</td><td>73.6</td><td>25.0</td><td>1.9</td><td>11.8</td><td>12.8</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.56</td><td>57.8</td><td>55.9</td><td>3.8</td><td>13.7</td><td>20.2</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.57</td><td>89.7</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>57.3</td><td>4.8</td><td>22.4</td><td>23.9</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.51</td><td>110.5</td><td>34.6</td><td>3.2</td><td>20.6</td><td>18.7</td><td>0.6</td><td>1.50</td><td>87.1</td><td>81.0</td><td>6.4</td><td>24.1</td><td>29.2</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.52</td><td>135.3</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>46.8</td><td>3.6</td><td>23.9</td><td>26.0</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.88</td><td>102.6</td><td>25.5</td><td>2.3</td><td>21.9</td><td>19.6</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.87</td><td>80.1</td><td>68.5</td><td>4.9</td><td>25.9</td><td>32.4</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.89</td><td>125.5</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>49.3</td><td>2.8</td><td>23.9</td><td>19.9</td><td>1.1</td><td>1.44</td><td>98.3</td><td>23.5</td><td>1.7</td><td>21.8</td><td>15.8</td><td>1.0</td><td>1.43</td><td>72.3</td><td>76.3</td><td>3.9</td><td>25.9</td><td>23.9</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.45</td><td>126.0</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>29.7</td><td>2.3</td><td>17.5</td><td>23.3</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.89</td><td>75.1</td><td>16.1</td><td>1.6</td><td>16.0</td><td>17.4</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.88</td><td>59.6</td><td>43.6</td><td>3.0</td><td>18.9</td><td>29.1</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.89</td><td>90.4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Change [(2018-2017)/2017]</td><td>-0.40</td><td>-0.18</td><td>-0.27</td><td>0.18</td><td>0.28</td><td>-0.38</td><td>-0.24</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Rank (descending) over 48 years</td><td>7</td><td>44</td><td>42</td><td>30</td><td>42</td><td>43</td><td>29</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">2SW CL</td><td>34.7</td><td>4.0</td><td>32.1</td><td>18.7</td><td>24.7</td><td>29.2</td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">% recent year of CL</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="6">Median of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="6">5th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th><th colspan="6">95th percentile of estimated spawners (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th><th>LAB</th><th>NF</th><th>QC</th><th>GF</th><th>SF</th><th>US</th><th>NAC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>85%</td><td>57%</td><td>54%</td><td>125%</td><td>6%</td><td>3%</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12">2SW management objective</td><td>11.0</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="12">% recent year of management objective</td><td>13%</td><td>19%</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.4.1. Time-series of stocks in Canada and the USA with established CLs the number of rivers assessed and the number and percent of assessed rivers meeting CLs 1991 to 2018. In 2016, Québec implemented a new Atlantic salmon management plan which changed their river-specific LRP values (Dionne *et al.*, 2015).</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="4">Canada</th><th colspan="4">USA</th></tr><tr><th>No. CLs</th><th>No. assessed</th><th>No. met</th><th>% met</th><th>No. CLs</th><th>No. assessed</th><th>No. met</th><th>% met</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td>74</td><td>64</td><td>34</td><td>53</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>74</td><td>64</td><td>38</td><td>59</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>74</td><td>69</td><td>30</td><td>43</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>74</td><td>72</td><td>28</td><td>39</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>74</td><td>74</td><td>36</td><td>49</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>74</td><td>76</td><td>44</td><td>58</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>266</td><td>91</td><td>38</td><td>42</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>266</td><td>83</td><td>38</td><td>46</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>269</td><td>82</td><td>40</td><td>49</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>269</td><td>81</td><td>31</td><td>38</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>269</td><td>78</td><td>29</td><td>37</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>269</td><td>80</td><td>21</td><td>26</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>269</td><td>79</td><td>33</td><td>42</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>269</td><td>75</td><td>39</td><td>52</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>269</td><td>70</td><td>31</td><td>44</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>269</td><td>65</td><td>29</td><td>45</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>269</td><td>61</td><td>23</td><td>38</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>269</td><td>68</td><td>29</td><td>43</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>375</td><td>70</td><td>32</td><td>46</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>375</td><td>68</td><td>31</td><td>46</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>458</td><td>75</td><td>50</td><td>67</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>472</td><td>74</td><td>32</td><td>43</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>473</td><td>75</td><td>46</td><td>61</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>476</td><td>69</td><td>20</td><td>29</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>476</td><td>74</td><td>43</td><td>58</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>476</td><td>62</td><td>41</td><td>66</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="4">Canada</th><th colspan="4">USA</th></tr><tr><th>No. CLs</th><th>No. assessed</th><th>No. met</th><th>% met</th><th>No. CLs</th><th>No. assessed</th><th>No. met</th><th>% met</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2017</td><td>476</td><td>68</td><td>42</td><td>62</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>498</td><td>70</td><td>38</td><td>54</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.5.1. Return rates (%) by year of smolt migration of wild Atlantic salmon to 1SW (or small) salmon to North American rivers 1991 to 2017 smolt migration years. The year 1991 was selected for illustration as it is the first year of the commercial fishery moratorium for the island of Newfoundland.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="1">USA</th><th colspan="1">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="1">Gulf</th><th colspan="1">Québec</th><th colspan="10">Nfld</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St.Mary's</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>NWMiramichi</th><th>SWMiramichi</th><th>Miramichi</th><th>à la barbe</th><th>Saint Jean</th><th>Bec scie</th><th>de la Trinite</th><th>Highlands</th><th>Conne</th><th>Rocky</th><th>NE Trepassey</th><th>Campbellton</th><th>Garnish</th><th>WAB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>0.5</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.6</td><td></td><td>3.4</td><td>3.1</td><td>2.6</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td>0.4</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.8</td><td></td><td>4.0</td><td>3.7</td><td>4.7</td><td></td><td></td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td>0.3</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.5</td><td>2.7</td><td>3.1</td><td>5.4</td><td>9.0</td><td></td><td>7.1</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.6</td><td>1.6</td><td>5.8</td><td>3.9</td><td>8.5</td><td>7.3</td><td></td><td>8.9</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>1.4</td><td>0.9</td><td>1.6</td><td>7.2</td><td>4.7</td><td>9.2</td><td>8.1</td><td></td><td></td><td>8.1</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td>0.6</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.4</td><td>3.1</td><td>2.9</td><td>3.4</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.5</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>0.04</td><td></td><td>4.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.7</td><td>1.4</td><td>2.9</td><td>2.5</td><td>5.0</td><td>5.3</td><td></td><td></td><td>7.2</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>0.21</td><td>2.9</td><td>2.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td>1.4</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.4</td><td>2.7</td><td>4.9</td><td>6.1</td><td></td><td></td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>0.31</td><td>1.8</td><td>4.8</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.6</td><td>8.1</td><td>3.2</td><td>5.9</td><td>3.8</td><td></td><td></td><td>11.1</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>0.28</td><td>1.5</td><td>1.2</td><td></td><td></td><td>4.9</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td>0.3</td><td>0.6</td><td>2.5</td><td>3.1</td><td>3.2</td><td>6.0</td><td></td><td></td><td>4.4</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>0.16</td><td>3.1</td><td>2.7</td><td></td><td></td><td>6.6</td><td>8.6</td><td>7.9</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>3.0</td><td>2.9</td><td>7.1</td><td>5.3</td><td></td><td></td><td>9.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="2">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="2">Gulf</th><th colspan="3">Québec</th><th colspan="7">Nfld</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St.Mary's</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>NWMiramichi</th><th>SWMiramichi</th><th>Miramichi</th><th>à la barbe</th><th>Saint Jean</th><th>Bec scie</th><th>de la Trinite</th><th>Highlands</th><th>Conne</th><th>Rocky</th><th>NE Trepassey</th><th>Campbellton</th><th>Garnish</th><th>WAB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2002</td><td>0.00</td><td>1.9</td><td>2.0</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.5</td><td>2.4</td><td>3.0</td><td>3.0</td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>0.9</td><td></td><td>2.4</td><td>4.0</td><td>5.5</td><td>6.8</td><td></td><td>9.4</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>0.08</td><td>6.4</td><td>1.8</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.6</td><td>4.1</td><td>6.8</td><td>5.9</td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>5.3</td><td>3.8</td><td>6.6</td><td>7.8</td><td></td><td>9.5</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>0.08</td><td>5.1</td><td>1.1</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td>2.6</td><td>1.8</td><td>2.0</td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td>1.0</td><td></td><td>2.5</td><td>3.3</td><td>4.4</td><td>11.4</td><td></td><td>5.9</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>0.24</td><td>12.7</td><td>8.0</td><td>3.0</td><td></td><td>1.1</td><td>3.6</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td>4.0</td><td>2.2</td><td>5.5</td><td>9.2</td><td></td><td>15.1</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>0.09</td><td>1.8</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.7</td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td>1.4</td><td>1.5</td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.3</td><td>1.3</td><td>2.7</td><td>5.6</td><td></td><td>3.8</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>0.35</td><td>5.6</td><td>2.3</td><td>2.2</td><td></td><td>1.3</td><td></td><td>1.6</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td>4.4</td><td>5.6</td><td>5.5</td><td>11.2</td><td></td><td>11.6</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>0.22</td><td>3.9</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td>1.0</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>0.7</td><td></td><td>2.4</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.6</td><td>8.8</td><td></td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>0.26</td><td>12.4</td><td>3.5</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.0</td><td></td><td>3.3</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.8</td><td>1.9</td><td></td><td>2.5</td><td>6.8</td><td>4.9</td><td>9.5</td><td></td><td>9.6</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0.95</td><td>7.9</td><td>1.8</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td>2.5</td><td></td><td>2.7</td><td>5.1</td><td>5.6</td><td>11.0</td><td></td><td>7.1</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0.32</td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>3.9</td><td>4.6</td><td>3.0</td><td>9.7</td><td></td><td>5.7</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>0.00</td><td>1.6</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td>5.3</td><td>3.7</td><td>4.0</td><td>9.3</td><td></td><td>5.2</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>0.26</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>1.9</td><td>5.3</td><td></td><td>10.0</td><td></td><td>7.2</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>0.32</td><td>2.9</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td>1.9</td><td></td><td>4.1</td><td></td><td></td><td>8.8</td><td></td><td>8.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="2">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="2">Gulf</th><th colspan="3">Québec</th><th colspan="4">Nfld</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St.Mary's</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>NWMiramichi</th><th>SWMiramichi</th><th>Miramichi</th><th>à la barbe</th><th>Saint Jean</th><th>Bec scie</th><th>de la Trinite</th><th>Highlands</th><th>Conne</th><th>Rocky</th><th>NE Trepassey</th><th>Campbellton</th><th>Garnish</th><th>WAB</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2015</td><td>0.09</td><td>5.0</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.2</td><td></td><td>3.6</td><td></td><td></td><td>8.4</td><td></td><td>9.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td></td><td>2.8</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td><td></td><td>7.7</td><td></td><td>3.7</td><td></td><td>5.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td></td><td>0.8</td><td>6.2</td><td></td><td>8.5</td><td>2.8</td><td>9.3</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.5.2. Return rates (%) by year of smolt migration of wild Atlantic salmon to 2SW salmon to North American rivers 1991 to 2016 smolt migration years. The year 1991 was selected for illustration as it is the first year of the commercial fishery moratorium for the island of Newfoundland.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="2">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="2">Gulf</th><th colspan="2">Québec</th><th colspan="2">Nfld</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St.Mary's</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>NW Miramichi</th><th>SW Miramichi</th><th>Miramichi</th><th>à la barbe</th><th>Saint Jean</th><th>Bec scie</th><th>de la Trinite</th><th>Highlands</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.5</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td>0.9</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>0.87</td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.1</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>0.28</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>0.53</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.9</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td></td><td>0.2</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.3</td><td>0.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.2</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>0.85</td><td>0.9</td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>3.3</td><td>2.3</td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>0.58</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.5</td><td></td><td></td><td>6.2</td><td>0.7</td><td>1.4</td><td>1.3</td><td></td><td>0.9</td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="5">USA</th><th colspan="3">Scotia-Fundy</th><th colspan="2">Gulf</th><th colspan="4">Québec</th><th colspan="2">Nfld</th></tr><tr><th>Narraguagus</th><th>Nashwaak</th><th>LaHave</th><th>St.Mary's</th><th>Middle</th><th>Margaree</th><th>NW Miramichi</th><th>SW Miramichi</th><th>Miramichi</th><th>à la barbe</th><th>Saint Jean</th><th>Bec scie</th><th>de la Trinite</th><th>Highlands</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2003</td><td>1.01</td><td>1.6</td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.9</td><td>0.9</td><td>2.0</td><td>1.6</td><td></td><td>1.4</td><td></td><td>0.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>0.98</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.0</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.8</td><td>0.7</td><td></td><td>1.1</td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>0.73</td><td>1.5</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td>2.3</td><td>1.1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>0.74</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.1</td><td></td><td>3.0</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>2.07</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.1</td><td></td><td>2.1</td><td></td><td>0.8</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>0.65</td><td>2.1</td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td>2.4</td><td></td><td>0.7</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.8</td><td></td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>1.80</td><td>3.3</td><td>0.9</td><td></td><td></td><td>5.7</td><td></td><td>2.2</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.9</td><td></td><td>0.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0.24</td><td>0.4</td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.0</td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0.56</td><td>1.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.7</td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>1.02</td><td>0.3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1.91</td><td>0.5</td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td>1.7</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.9</td><td></td><td>0.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>0.51</td><td>0.6</td><td>0.2</td><td></td><td>1.5</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.2</td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>0.62</td><td>1.2</td><td>0.4</td><td></td><td>2.0</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.4</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>SMOLT YEAR</th><th>USA</th><th>Scotia-Fundy</th><th>Gulf</th><th>Québec</th><th>Nfld</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2016</td><td>Narraguagus</td><td>Nashwaak</td><td>LaHave</td><td>NW Miramichi</td><td>SW Miramichi</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>St.Mary's</td><td>Middle</td><td>Miramichi</td><td>à la barbe</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Saint Jean</td><td>Bec scie</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>de la Trinite</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Highlands</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.5.3. Return rates (%) by year of smolt migration of hatchery Atlantic salmon to 1SW salmon to North American rivers 1991 to 2017 smolt migration years. The year 1991 was selected for illustration as it is the first year of the commercial fishery moratorium for Newfoundland.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="3">USA</th><th colspan="3">Scotia Fundy</th><th colspan="3">Gulf</th><th colspan="2">Québec</th></tr><tr><th>Connecticut</th><th>Penobscot</th><th>Merrimack</th><th>Saint John</th><th>LaHave</th><th>East Sheet</th><th>Liscomb</th><th>Morell</th><th>Mill</th><th>West</th><th>Valley-field</th><th>auxRochers</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.14</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.69</td><td>4.51</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.50</td><td>3.16</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.48</td><td>0.43</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.41</td><td>1.26</td><td>0.21</td><td>0.42</td><td>1.43</td><td>0.44</td><td>2.16</td><td>0.70</td><td>0.07</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.39</td><td>0.62</td><td>0.32</td><td>0.56</td><td>0.14</td><td>0.37</td><td></td><td>0.02</td><td>0.10</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.66</td><td>1.44</td><td>0.36</td><td>0.35</td><td>5.20</td><td>0.11</td><td></td><td>0.08</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td></td><td>0.08</td><td>0.02</td><td>1.14</td><td>2.26</td><td>0.37</td><td>0.64</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.07</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td>0.04</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.56</td><td>0.47</td><td>0.07</td><td>0.17</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.31</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td></td><td>0.04</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.75</td><td>0.87</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.15</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.46</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td></td><td>0.04</td><td>0.09</td><td>0.47</td><td>0.34</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.10</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.04</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td></td><td>0.03</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.46</td><td>0.79</td><td>0.23</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.32</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td></td><td>0.00</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.27</td><td>0.43</td><td>0.03</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>1.15</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td></td><td>0.07</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.45</td><td>0.87</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td></td><td>0.04</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.34</td><td>0.63</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.07</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="2">Scotia Fundy</th><th colspan="4">Gulf</th><th rowspan="2">Québec</th></tr><tr><th>Connecticut</th><th>Penobscot</th><th>Merrimack</th><th>Saint John</th><th>LaHave</th><th>East Sheet</th><th>Liscomb</th><th>Morell</th><th>Mill</th><th>West</th><th>Valley-field</th><th>auxRochers</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2003</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.32</td><td>0.72</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.39</td><td>0.53</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.56</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.24</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.83</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.13</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.07</td><td>0.03</td><td>1.44</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.12</td><td>0.18</td><td>0.12</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.02</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td></td><td>0.01</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.67</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td></td><td>0.02</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.11</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td></td><td>0.02</td><td></td><td>0.24</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td></td><td>0.06</td><td></td><td>0.11</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>SMOLT YEAR</th><th>USA</th><th>Scotia Fundy</th><th>Gulf</th><th>Québec</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2016</td><td>Connecticut</td><td>Penobscot</td><td>LaHave</td><td>Morell</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Connecticut</td><td>Merrimack</td><td>East Sheet</td><td>Mill</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Saint John</td><td>Liscomb</td><td>West</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Valley-field</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>auxRochers</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.5.4. Return rates (%) by year of smolt migration of hatchery Atlantic salmon to 2SW salmon to North American rivers 1991 to 2016 smolt migration years. The year 1991 was selected for illustration as it is the first year of the commercial fishery moratorium for Newfoundland.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="3">USA</th><th colspan="3">Scotia Fundy</th><th colspan="3">Gulf</th><th colspan="2">Québec</th></tr><tr><th>Connecticut</th><th>Penobscot</th><th>Merrimack</th><th>Saint John</th><th>LaHave</th><th>East Sheet</th><th>Liscomb</th><th>Morell</th><th>Mill</th><th>West</th><th>Valley-field</th><th>auxRochers</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1991</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.19</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.48</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.04</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.00</td><td>0.13</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.22</td><td>0.24</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.07</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.19</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.19</td><td>0.21</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.31</td><td>0.91</td><td></td><td>0.01</td><td>0.19</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.22</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.27</td><td>0.23</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.02</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.05</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td></td><td>0.16</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.19</td><td>0.23</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.03</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.04</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td>0.14</td><td>0.09</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.01</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.07</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td></td><td>0.10</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.20</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.01</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.08</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td></td><td>0.05</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.00</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.09</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td></td><td>0.08</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.16</td><td>0.21</td><td>0.00</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.07</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.01</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td></td><td>0.16</td><td>0.26</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.13</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td></td><td>0.17</td><td>0.18</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.17</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">SMOLT YEAR</th><th colspan="2">USA</th><th colspan="2">Scotia Fundy</th><th colspan="4">Gulf</th><th rowspan="2">Québec</th></tr><tr><th>Connecticut</th><th>Penobscot</th><th>Merrimack</th><th>Saint John</th><th>LaHave</th><th>East Sheet</th><th>Liscomb</th><th>Morell</th><th>Mill</th><th>West</th><th>Valley-field</th><th>auxRochers</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2003</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.12</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.09</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.12</td><td>0.13</td><td>0.09</td><td>0.11</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.10</td><td>0.12</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.23</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.06</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.30</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.17</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.15</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.16</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.39</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.13</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.09</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.07</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0.01</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.02</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td></td><td>0.03</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.10</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td></td><td>0.10</td><td>0.02</td><td>0.02</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td></td><td>0.04</td><td></td><td>0.09</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td></td><td>0.12</td><td></td><td>0.04</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>SMOLT YEAR</th><th>USA</th><th>Scotia Fundy</th><th>Gulf</th><th>Québec</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2016</td><td>0.08</td><td>0.00</td><td>Morell</td><td>auxRochers</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>Table 4.3.6.1. Estimates (medians, 5th percentiles, 95th percentiles; X 1000) of Pre-fishery Abundance (PFA) for 1SW maturing salmon (PFA1SWmat) 1SW non-maturing salmon (PFA1SWnonmat) and the total cohort of 1SW salmon (PFA1SWcohort) as of 1 August of the second summer at sea for NAC for the years of Pre-fishery Abundance 1971 to 2018.</caption><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="3">Median of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">5th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">95th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1971</td><td>1238.0</td><td>702.3</td><td>535.4</td><td>1170.0</td><td>640.3</td><td>500.5</td><td>1310.0</td><td>766.7</td><td>576.4</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>1257.0</td><td>724.0</td><td>532.3</td><td>1199.0</td><td>670.5</td><td>502.6</td><td>1318.0</td><td>782.5</td><td>565.1</td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td>1569.0</td><td>901.2</td><td>666.9</td><td>1487.0</td><td>821.5</td><td>636.6</td><td>1652.0</td><td>984.7</td><td>697.9</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td>1512.0</td><td>812.3</td><td>698.9</td><td>1447.0</td><td>751.6</td><td>661.7</td><td>1582.0</td><td>878.0</td><td>739.4</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td>1705.0</td><td>905.6</td><td>798.2</td><td>1626.0</td><td>839.4</td><td>745.9</td><td>1791.0</td><td>975.6</td><td>860.9</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td>1634.0</td><td>835.5</td><td>798.3</td><td>1556.0</td><td>767.3</td><td>751.1</td><td>1720.0</td><td>910.7</td><td>850.0</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>1304.0</td><td>667.2</td><td>636.1</td><td>1236.0</td><td>606.7</td><td>594.7</td><td>1376.0</td><td>730.1</td><td>682.7</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>807.5</td><td>396.8</td><td>410.5</td><td>771.1</td><td>368.6</td><td>383.3</td><td>846.0</td><td>426.9</td><td>439.3</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>1427.0</td><td>837.4</td><td>589.6</td><td>1356.0</td><td>772.4</td><td>557.5</td><td>1505.0</td><td>908.7</td><td>624.4</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>1545.0</td><td>711.7</td><td>832.1</td><td>1477.0</td><td>655.7</td><td>781.8</td><td>1621.0</td><td>771.4</td><td>891.5</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>1578.0</td><td>667.4</td><td>910.2</td><td>1507.0</td><td>621.8</td><td>847.9</td><td>1658.0</td><td>715.2</td><td>981.9</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>1327.0</td><td>560.6</td><td>766.1</td><td>1268.0</td><td>523.8</td><td>715.8</td><td>1389.0</td><td>599.7</td><td>819.6</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>846.0</td><td>334.5</td><td>510.9</td><td>805.3</td><td>305.2</td><td>479.9</td><td>889.1</td><td>366.8</td><td>544.6</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>891.5</td><td>353.0</td><td>538.4</td><td>846.6</td><td>321.6</td><td>505.0</td><td>938.2</td><td>386.8</td><td>572.1</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>1184.0</td><td>526.4</td><td>657.2</td><td>1124.0</td><td>484.2</td><td>615.8</td><td>1245.0</td><td>572.9</td><td>700.2</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>1393.0</td><td>559.7</td><td>833.3</td><td>1321.0</td><td>512.5</td><td>776.9</td><td>1467.0</td><td>609.4</td><td>891.8</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="3">Median of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">5th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">95th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1987</td><td>1310.0</td><td>509.0</td><td>800.3</td><td>1251.0</td><td>472.5</td><td>749.3</td><td>1374.0</td><td>548.1</td><td>858.0</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>1262.0</td><td>414.7</td><td>847.6</td><td>1196.0</td><td>382.7</td><td>787.4</td><td>1332.0</td><td>448.5</td><td>910.5</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>921.1</td><td>326.6</td><td>594.2</td><td>875.6</td><td>298.8</td><td>556.0</td><td>969.7</td><td>356.6</td><td>634.8</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>851.0</td><td>289.8</td><td>561.3</td><td>807.6</td><td>265.5</td><td>525.7</td><td>895.5</td><td>316.3</td><td>596.8</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>736.3</td><td>322.1</td><td>414.3</td><td>703.2</td><td>300.4</td><td>389.3</td><td>771.3</td><td>345.8</td><td>440.0</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>786.5</td><td>210.4</td><td>575.9</td><td>728.3</td><td>178.5</td><td>529.3</td><td>846.0</td><td>245.1</td><td>622.3</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>694.5</td><td>150.0</td><td>544.0</td><td>628.3</td><td>132.8</td><td>481.6</td><td>760.9</td><td>169.1</td><td>606.6</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>513.8</td><td>185.4</td><td>328.0</td><td>476.7</td><td>164.1</td><td>299.3</td><td>553.1</td><td>210.8</td><td>357.0</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>563.2</td><td>182.4</td><td>380.7</td><td>521.2</td><td>164.1</td><td>343.7</td><td>607.2</td><td>203.6</td><td>418.1</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>710.7</td><td>154.8</td><td>555.5</td><td>652.8</td><td>139.0</td><td>500.5</td><td>772.3</td><td>172.9</td><td>614.3</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>469.2</td><td>106.8</td><td>361.6</td><td>434.1</td><td>96.2</td><td>329.4</td><td>511.2</td><td>118.7</td><td>402.2</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>539.5</td><td>98.2</td><td>441.3</td><td>485.0</td><td>86.9</td><td>389.0</td><td>594.6</td><td>110.6</td><td>493.7</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>545.5</td><td>103.3</td><td>442.1</td><td>491.4</td><td>90.6</td><td>390.2</td><td>600.3</td><td>117.5</td><td>494.5</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>640.8</td><td>117.6</td><td>522.9</td><td>576.2</td><td>103.6</td><td>461.1</td><td>706.0</td><td>133.2</td><td>585.0</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>467.7</td><td>81.3</td><td>386.0</td><td>416.8</td><td>71.6</td><td>337.0</td><td>518.1</td><td>92.3</td><td>435.2</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>495.4</td><td>110.6</td><td>384.5</td><td>451.6</td><td>97.5</td><td>344.0</td><td>540.0</td><td>125.0</td><td>425.9</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>528.4</td><td>108.0</td><td>420.5</td><td>487.8</td><td>95.2</td><td>383.2</td><td>568.9</td><td>121.7</td><td>457.1</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>559.0</td><td>112.1</td><td>446.7</td><td>521.9</td><td>97.7</td><td>413.7</td><td>596.8</td><td>128.0</td><td>479.9</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="3">Median of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">5th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">95th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2005</td><td>655.8</td><td>107.1</td><td>548.5</td><td>577.1</td><td>93.9</td><td>471.7</td><td>734.0</td><td>121.7</td><td>625.1</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>652.0</td><td>101.7</td><td>550.0</td><td>571.5</td><td>88.9</td><td>471.1</td><td>732.4</td><td>116.0</td><td>628.4</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>584.7</td><td>113.0</td><td>471.4</td><td>518.0</td><td>98.5</td><td>406.8</td><td>653.1</td><td>129.3</td><td>537.7</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>726.6</td><td>133.3</td><td>592.9</td><td>657.0</td><td>112.6</td><td>528.8</td><td>797.9</td><td>156.3</td><td>658.7</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>505.2</td><td>109.1</td><td>396.0</td><td>448.7</td><td>96.4</td><td>341.1</td><td>562.3</td><td>123.0</td><td>451.1</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>740.0</td><td>208.8</td><td>531.5</td><td>683.6</td><td>177.5</td><td>487.1</td><td>798.6</td><td>244.0</td><td>574.6</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>756.6</td><td>114.0</td><td>642.2</td><td>648.5</td><td>98.1</td><td>536.0</td><td>865.1</td><td>131.9</td><td>748.5</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>675.7</td><td>162.9</td><td>512.0</td><td>601.1</td><td>136.5</td><td>445.3</td><td>751.0</td><td>193.1</td><td>579.6</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>536.4</td><td>126.3</td><td>409.9</td><td>462.6</td><td>102.6</td><td>341.0</td><td>611.7</td><td>152.8</td><td>478.7</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>686.2</td><td>182.9</td><td>502.0</td><td>589.9</td><td>147.8</td><td>416.8</td><td>784.4</td><td>222.2</td><td>589.5</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>827.1</td><td>172.9</td><td>653.8</td><td>734.2</td><td>139.4</td><td>570.5</td><td>920.1</td><td>209.6</td><td>737.9</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>639.0</td><td>156.9</td><td>481.3</td><td>536.5</td><td>119.2</td><td>389.5</td><td>742.8</td><td>199.6</td><td>573.2</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>592.7</td><td>121.3</td><td>471.5</td><td>495.2</td><td>98.6</td><td>377.1</td><td>690.9</td><td>146.2</td><td>565.0</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>na</td><td>na</td><td>608.2</td><td>na</td><td>na</td><td>496.7</td><td>na</td><td>na</td><td>718.2</td></tr><tr><td>Prev. 5-year mean</td><td>656.3</td><td>152.1</td><td>543.4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Change (recent year relative to previous year)</td><td>-0.07</td><td>-0.23</td><td>0.29</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="3">Median of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">5th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th><th colspan="3">95th percentile of estimated PFA (X 1000)</th></tr><tr><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th><th>PFA1SWcohort</th><th>PFA1SWnmat</th><th>PFA1SWmat</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="10">Change (recent year relative to previous 5-year mean)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>-0.10</td><td>-0.20</td><td>0.12</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">Rank (descending; recent year / time-series)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>35 / 47</td><td>34 / 47</td><td>15 / 48</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<figure><img src="image_51.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.2.1. Map of Salmon Fishing Areas (SFAs) and Québec Management Zones (Qs) in Canada.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_52.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.2.2. Summary of recreational fisheries management measures in Canada at the start of the season in 2018.
Note: details on specific regions are available in the text and may not appear on the figure.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_53.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.3.1. Harvest (t) of small salmon, large salmon and both sizes combined (weight and number) for Canada, 1960 to 2018 (top panel) and 2004 to 2018 (bottom panel) by all users.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_54.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.3.2. Harvest (number) of small salmon, large salmon, and both sizes combined in the recreational fisheries of Canada, 1974 to 2018 (top panel) and 2004 to 2018 (bottom panel).</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_55.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.3.3. The number (bars) of caught and released small salmon and large salmon in the recreational fisheries of Canada, 1984 to 2018. Black lines represent the proportion released of the total catch (released and retained); small salmon (open circle) large salmon (teal) and both sizes combined (red diamond).</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_56.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.4.1. Estimates of 2SW salmon harvest equivalents (number of fish; year of 1SW salmon at sea) taken at Green-
land and in North America (upper panel A) and the percentages of the North American origin 2SW salmon harvest equiv-
alents taken in various fishing areas of the North Atlantic (lower panel B) 1972 to 2017.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_57.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.5.1 Map of North American sample locations used in the SNP baseline for Atlantic salmon. The 21 North American reporting groups are labelled and identified by colour). See Figure 4.1.5.2 for full range wide baseline sampling locations.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_58.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.5.2. Map of range wide sample locations used in the SNP baseline for Atlantic salmon and the 31 defined reporting groups (labelled and identified by colour). See Figure 4.1.5.1 for finer resolution of North American locations.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_59.png" /></figure>

Figure 4.1.5.3. Bayesian estimate of mixture composition of samples from the Labrador Atlantic salmon fisheries for 2017 by size group (small <63 cm, large ≥63 cm) and region (Figure 4.1.2.1: SFA 1A – N. Labrador, SFA 1B – Lake Melville, and SFA 2 – S. Labrador). Baseline locations refer to regional reporting groups identified in Figure 4.1.5.1 and Figure 4.1.5.2. Regional assignment acronyms explained in Table 4.1.5.1. Data summarized in Table 4.1.5.2. Note that credible intervals with a lower bound including zero indicate little support for the mean assignment value.
<figure><img src="image_60.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 4.1.5.4.** Bayesian estimate of mixture composition of samples from the Labrador Atlantic salmon fisheries for 2018 by size group (small <63 cm, large ≥63 cm) and region (Figure 4.1.2.1: SFA 1A – N. Labrador, SFA 1B – Lake Melville, and SFA 2 – S. Labrador). Baseline locations refer to regional reporting groups identified in Figure 4.1.5.1 and Figure 4.1.5.2. Regional assignment acronyms explained in Table 4.1.5.1. Data summarized in Table 4.1.5.2.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_61.png" /></figure>

Figure 4.1.5.5. Bayesian mixture estimates of composition of samples from the Saint Pierre and Miquelon Atlantic salmon fishery using SNPs for 2017 overall and by size group (small <63 cm, large ≥63 cm). Baseline locations refer to regional reporting groups identified in Figure 4.1.5.1 and Figure 4.1.5.2. Regional assignment acronyms explained in Table 4.1.5.1. Data summarized in Table 4.1.5.3. Note that credible intervals with a lower bound including zero indicate little support for the mean assignment value.
<figure><img src="image_62.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 4.1.5.6.** Bayesian mixture estimates of composition of samples from the Saint Pierre and Miquelon Atlantic salmon fishery using SNPs for 2018 overall and by size group (small <63 cm, large ≥63 cm). Baseline locations refer to regional reporting groups identified in Figure 4.1.5.1 and Figure 4.1.5.2. Regional assignment acronyms explained in Table 4.1.5.1. Data summarized in Table 4.1.5.3. Note that credible intervals with a lower bound including zero indicate little support for the mean assignment value.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_63.png" /></figure>

Figure 4.1.5.7. Frequency of large (≥63 cm) and small (<63 cm) samples from the Saint Pierre and Miquelon Atlantic salmon fishery from 2015, 2017, 2018 (2015 data from Bradbury *et al.*, 2018).
<figure><img src="image_64.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.1.6.1. Exploitation rates in North America on the North American stock complex of small and large salmon 1971 to 2018. The symbols are the median and the error bars are the 5th to 95th percentiles of the distributions from Monte Carlo simulation.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_65.png" /></figure>

Figure 4.3.1.1. Time-series of wild smolt production from eleven monitored rivers in eastern Canada and one river in eastern USA, 1970 to 2018. Smolt production is expressed as a proportion of the conservation egg requirements for the river. The Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources began monitoring smolts on Middle River (Scotia-Fundy) in 2011 and smolt population estimates are available for 2013–2018 (excluding 2017).
<figure><img src="image_66.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.2.1. Total returns of small salmon (left column) and large salmon (right column) to English River (SFA 1), South-west Brook (Paradise River) (SFA 2), Muddy Bay Brook (SFA 2), and Sand Hill River (SFA 2) Labrador, 1994–2018. The solid horizontal line represents the pre-moratorium (commercial salmon fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador) mean, the dashed line the moratorium mean, and the triangles the previous six-year mean.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_67.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.2.2. Estimated (median 5th to 95th percentile range, X 1000) returns (shaded circles) and spawners (open square) of small salmon for NAC and to each of the six assessment regions 1971 to 2018. Returns and spawners for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_68.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.2.3. Estimated (median 5th to 95th percentile range, X 1000) returns (shaded circles) and spawners (open square) of large salmon for NAC and to each of the six assessment regions 1971 to 2018. Returns and spawners for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23. For USA estimated spawners exceed the estimated returns due to adult stocking restoration efforts.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_69.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.2.4. Estimated (median 5th to 95th percentile range, X 1000) returns (shaded circles) and spawners (open square) of 2SW salmon for NAC and to each of the six assessment regions 1971 to 2018. The dashed line is the corresponding 2SW Conservation Limit for NAC overall and for each region; the 2SW CL for USA (29 990 fish) is off the scale in the plot for USA. The dotted line in the Scotia-Fundy and USA panels are the region specific management objectives. Returns and spawners for Scotia-Fundy do not include those from SFA 22 and a portion of SFA 23. For USA estimated spawners exceed the estimated returns due to adult stocking restoration efforts; therefore 2SW returns are assessed relative to the management objective for USA.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_70.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.2.5. Estimated (median, X 1000) returns of small salmon to subregions of Newfoundland (SFA locations are shown in Figure 4.1.2.1) over the period 1971 to 2018. The exponential trend line and the percent change over the time-series are shown in each panel.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_71.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.4.1. Proportion of the conservation requirement attained in the 86 assessed rivers of the North American Commission area in 2018.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_72.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.4.2. Time-series for Canada and the USA showing the number of rivers with established CLs, the number of rivers assessed, and the number of assessed rivers meeting CLs for the period 1991 to 2018.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_73.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.5.1. Estimated annual return rates (left and third column of panels; individual rivers are shown with different symbols and colours) and least squared (or marginal mean) mean annual return rates (with one standard error bars) (second and right column of panels) of wild origin smolts to 1SW and 2SW salmon to the geographic areas of North America. The standardized values are annual means derived from a general linear model analysis of rivers in a region. Note y-scale differences among panels. Standardized rates are not shown for regions with a single population.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_74.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.5.2. Estimated annual return rates (left and third column of panels; individual rivers are shown with different symbols and colours) and least squared (or marginal mean) mean annual return rates (with one standard error bars) of hatchery origin smolts to 1SW and 2SW salmon to the geographic areas of North America. The standardized values are annual means derived from a general linear model analysis of rivers in a region. Note y-scale differences among panels. Standardized rates are not shown for regions with a single population.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_75.png" /></figure>

Figure 4.3.6.1. Estimated (median, 5th to 95th percentile range, X 1000) Pre-fishery Abundance (PFA) for 1SW maturing, 1SW non-maturing, and total cohort of 1SW salmon for NAC, PFA years 1971 to 2017. The dashed blue horizontal line is the corresponding sum of the 2SW conservation limits for NAC (152 548) corrected for 11 months of natural mortality (205 918) against which 1SW non-maturing are assessed.
<figure><img src="image_76.png" /><figcaption>Figure 4.3.7.1. Estimated returns (square symbol) and spawners (circle symbol) of 2SW salmon in 2018 to six assessment regions of North America relative to ICES stock status categories. The percentage of the 2SW CLs for the four northern regions and to the rebuilding management objectives (MO) for the two southern areas are shown based on the median of the Monte Carlo distribution. The colour shading is interpreted as follows: blue refers to the stock being at full reproductive capacity (median and 5th percentile of the Monte Carlo distributions are above the CL), orange refers to the stock being at risk of suffering reduced reproductive capacity (median is above but the 5th percentile is below the CL), and red refers to the stock suffering reduced reproductive capacity (the median is below the CL).</figcaption></figure>
# 5 Atlantic salmon in the West Greenland Commission

## 5.1 NASCO has requested ICES to describe the key events of the 2018 fishery

The previous advice provided by ICES (2018) indicated that there were no mixed-stock fishery catch options on the 1SW non-maturing salmon component for the 2018 to 2020 PFA years. The NASCO Framework of Indicators for the West Greenland Commission, run in January 2019, did not indicate the need for a revised analysis of catch options and therefore no new management advice for 2019 or 2020 is provided. This year's assessment of the contributing stock complexes confirms the previously provided advice.

The Atlantic salmon fishery is regulated according to the Government of Greenland's Executive Order no. 5 of 21, 21 September 2018. Since 1998, with the exception of 2001, the export of Atlantic salmon has been banned. Since 2002 there have been two landing categories reported for the fishery: commercial landings where licensed fishers can sell salmon to hotels, institutions and local markets and private landings where both licensed and unlicensed fishers fish for private consumption. During 2012 to 2014 (for the first time since 2001), licensed fishers were additionally allowed to land to factories and a 35 t factory quota was set by the Greenland authorities. This quota was reduced to 30 t in 2014. The quota did not apply to the commercial or private landings and the export ban persisted as the landed salmon could only be sold within Greenland. In 2015, the Government of Greenland unilaterally set a quota for all components of the fishery (private, commercial, and factory landings) to 45 t as a quota could not be agreed by all parties of the West Greenland Commission of NASCO (NASCO, 2015; see WGC(15)21). The Government of Greenland did agree that any overharvest in a particular year would result in an equal reduction in the catch limit in the following year and as a result of an overharvest in 2015, the 2016 quota was unilaterally set by Greenland to 32 t. Given the lack of overharvest in 2016, the 2017 quota was set to 45 t. The export ban persists as the landed salmon could only be sold within Greenland.

In 2018, the Government of Greenland set a total quota for all components of the 2018–2020 fisheries to 30 t as agreed by all parties of the West Greenland Commission of NASCO (NASCO, 2018; see WGC(18)11). A 10 t quota was allocated for the private fishery with the balance (20 t) for the commercial fishery. Within the regulatory measure, the Government of Greenland agreed to continue its ban on the export of wild Atlantic salmon or its products from Greenland and to prohibit landings and sales to fish processing factories. They also agreed to restrict the fishery from 15 August to no later than 31 October each year and any overharvest in a particular year would result in an equal reduction in the total allowable catch in the following year. The regulatory measure also set out a number of provisions aimed at improving the monitoring, management control and surveillance of the fishery including a new requirement for all fishers (private and commercial) to obtain a licence to fish for Atlantic salmon, an agreement to collect catch and fishing activity data from all licensed fishers, and mandatory reporting requirements of all fishers. The measure also stated that as a condition of the licence, all fishers will be required to allow samplers from the NASCO sampling program to take samples of their catches upon request. The measure was applied to the 2018 fishery and will apply to the 2019 and 2020 fisheries if the FWI indicate no significant change in the previously provided catch advice.

Only hooks, fixed gillnets and driftnets are allowed to target salmon directly and the minimum mesh size has been 140 mm (stretched mesh) since 1985. Since 2015, the fishing season has been set from 15 August with a closing date of 31 October or until the total quota was reached. The
2018 fishery was closed on 31 October and a total of 18.4 t had been registered. Due to an administrative oversight, reports from two municipalities were not received. In addition, due to the consequence of not receiving a licence in the following year unless a report was received, reports from individual fishers were submitted after the close of the fishery. The majority of these reports were of zero harvest and totalled only 0.5 t. As a result, the total reported landings for the 2018 fishery was corrected to 39.9 t in March 2019 resulting in an overharvest of approximately 10 t.

## 5.1.1 Catch and effort in 2018

Commercial fishers are allowed to use up to 20 gillnets at a time either as single gillnets fixed to the shore or up to 20 sections (~70 m per section) connected and used as a driftnet. Private licensed fishers can only use one gillnet fixed to the shore. All nets must be tended regularly and marked with name and contact information. Gillnets are only allowed in the inshore areas.

Nets are the preferred gear in Greenland and very little rod and reel fishing in salt water takes place. However, a recreational fishery directly targeting salmon via rod and reel seems to be slowly evolving among a small number of residents in the Nuuk and Qaqortoq regions. Reporting landings from this fishery is mandatory, but are considered insignificant at this time.

Catch data were collated from fisher reports. The reports were screened for errors and missing values. Catches were assigned to a NAFO/ICES Division based on the reporting community. Reports which contained only the total number of salmon caught or the total catch weight without the number of salmon, were corrected using 3.25 kg gutted weight per salmon. Since 2005, it has been mandatory to report gutted weights, and these have been converted to whole weight using a conversion multiplier of 1.11.

In 2018, a total catch of 39.9 t was reported and was distributed among the six NAFO Divisions on the west coast of Greenland and in ICES Division XIV (East Greenland) (Tables 5.1.1.1 and 5.1.1.2; Figure 5.1.1.1). The 2018 total catch is an increase over the 2017 value (28.0 t). For West Greenland only, 39.0 t were reported in 2018 and 27.8 t in 2017. A harvest of 0.8 t was reported from East Greenland in 2018, accounting for 2.0% of the total reported catch. Harvest reported for East Greenland is not included in assessments of the contributing stock complexes, owing to a lack of information on the stock composition of that fishery. Reported landings of Atlantic salmon increased from 1960 to a peak of 2689 t reported in 1971 and generally decreased until the closure of the export commercial fishery in 1998. Reported landings for the internal use only fishery peaked in 2014 (57.8 t) and have averaged 38.0 t over the past ten years (2009–2018; Table 5.1.1.1; Figure 5.1.1.2). Of the total catch for 2018 (39.9 t), 81.5% (32.5 t) was reported by commercial fishers and 18.5% (7.4 t) from private fishers (Table 5.1.1.3; Figure 5.1.1.2) compared to 88.9% (24.9 t) from commercial fishers and 11.1% (3.1 t) from private fishers in 2017 (Table 5.1.1.4). In 2018, 81.8% (32.6 t) were reported as commercial landings and 18.2% (7.3 t) were reported as for private use compared to the 2017 figures of 54.6% (15.3 t) and 45.4% (12.7 t) respectively. Only 0.4% (0.1 t) of commercial fisher landings were identified as for private use in 2018 compared to 39% in 2017. A small amount of private fisher landings (146 kg) were identified as for commercial use, although private fishers are not allowed to sell their catch.

There is currently no quantitative approach for estimating the unreported catch for the private fishery, but the 2018 value is likely to have been at the same level as reported by the Greenlandic authorities in recent years (10 t). The 10 t estimate was historically meant to account for private use fishers in smaller communities fishing for personal consumption, but not reporting landings. This estimate was not meant to represent non-reporting by commercial fishers. The Working Group previously did not have a method for estimating unreported catch from commercial fish-
ers until recently with the implementation of official comparisons of the sampling program sta-
tistics and reported landings as well as the previously implemented phone surveys. An adjust-
ment for some unreported catch, primarily for commercial landings, has been done since 2002
by comparing the weight of salmon seen by the sampling teams and the corresponding commu-
nity-specific reported landings for the entire fishing season (see Section 5.2). However, sampling
only occurs during a portion of the fishing season and therefore these adjustments are considered
minimum adjustments for unreported catch.

The seasonal distribution of catches has previously been reported to the Working Group (ICES, 2002), but since 2002 this has generally not been possible. Although fishers are required to record daily catches, previous comparisons of returned catch reports suggest that many fishers do not provide daily statistics. The seasonal distribution for factory landings, when allowed, is assumed to be accurate given the reporting structure in place between the factories and the Greenland Fisheries Licence Control Authority (GFLK).

The Working Group is aware of the updated reporting requirements starting with the 2015 fishery and they reported on the seasonal distributions of catches for the 2016 and 2017 fisheries (ICES, 2017a; ICES, 2018). The Working Group did not receive information on the seasonal distributions of catches for the 2018 fishery. Reported landings for the 2016 and 2017 fisheries did seem to reflect general spatial/temporal patterns of the fishery (early reported landings in the southern regions (1D-1F), later reported landings in the northern regions (1A-1C), low landings in the northernmost regions (1A-1B)). Given the absence of temporal landings statistics for the 2018 fishery the Working Group was unable to present the temporal dynamics of the fishery or formally compare reported landings by standard week and community to the sampling data to evaluate if non-reporting was evident.

Greenland Authorities issued 786 licences (329 for commercial fishers and 457 for private fishers) and received 1536 reports from 557 fishers in 2018 (Table 5.1.1.3; Table 5.1.1.5; Figure 5.1.1.3). The overall reporting rate was 71% (786 licences issued and 557 reporting fishers): commercial fisher reporting rate was 71% (329 licences issued and 235 reporting fishers) and private fisher reporting rate was 70% (457 licences issued and 322 reporting fishers). In 2017, 631 reports from 143 fishers (93 commercial and 50 private) and 282 commercial licences were received (Tables 5.1.1.4 and 5.1.1.5; Figure 5.1.1.3). The 2017 commercial fisher reporting rate was 33% (282 licences issued and 93 reporting fishers). The number of licences issued, the number of fishers who reported, and the number of reports received increased in 2018 as a result of the new regulations requiring all fishers to receive a licence and mandatory reporting requirements. These levels are among the highest in the time-series and the number of fishers reporting landings matches the levels recorded during the commercial export fishery from 1987 to 1991.

The Working Group previously reported on the procedures for reporting salmon harvested in Greenland (ICES, 2014; ICES, 2016) and modifications to these procedures were made by the Government of Greenland in 2018. In summary, all fishers are required to have a licence to fish for Atlantic salmon and all licence holders are required to report catches. Reports can be made to GFLK by email, phone, fax, or return logbook on a daily basis. Factory landings, when allowed, are submitted to GFLK either on a daily or weekly basis, depending on the likelihood of exceeding a quota. No factory landings were allowed in 2018.

Similar information is requested for factory, commercial and private fisher landings. Requested data include fishing date, location, and information on catch and effort required for the calculation of catch per unit of effort statistics. These types of data allow for a more accurate characterization and assessment of the nature and extent of the fishery than is currently available. The Working Group did not receive any detailed statistics beyond reported landings and licence related information by community and NAFO Divisions and therefore could not further charac-
terize and assess the fishery beyond what is currently presented. The Working Group has pre-
viously been informed that this level of detail is often lacking from commercial and private land-
ing reports. The variations in the numbers of people reporting catches, variation in reported
landings in each of the NAFO Divisions and documentation of non-reporting of landings (ICES,
2018) highlights the need for better landings data. The Working Group recommends that the
Government of Greenland continue efforts to improve the reporting system of catch in the Green-
land fishery and that detailed statistics related to spatially and temporally explicit catch and ef-
fort data for all fishers be made available to the Working Group for analysis.

**5.1.2 Phone surveys**

The Working Group was informed that a phone survey to gain further information on the 2018
fishery was not initiated. Phone surveys were previously conducted in 2015, 2016, and 2017 to
assess the 2014, 2015, and 2016 fisheries, respectively. The number of fishers contacted, the ques-
tions asked, and the method to estimate unreported catch differed from year to year. Based on
the results from these surveys, estimated 'adjusted landings (survey)' of 12.2 t for the 2014 fishy-
ery, 5.0 t for the 2015 fishery, and 4.2 t for the 2016 fishery were added to the 'adjusted landings
(sampling)' as described in Section 5.2, and 'reported landings' to estimate the 'landings for as-
sessment'. A phone survey was initiated for the 2017 fishery, but only nine fishers were con-
tacted. Given the small number of fishers contacted, no landings adjustment were estimated.
Phone surveys were not conducted following the 2018 fishery and therefore no landing adjust-
ments were estimated. A summary of the reported landings, adjusted landings (sampling), and
adjusted landings (survey) is presented in Table 5.1.2.1. Adjusted 'landings for assessment' do
not replace the official reported statistics.

**5.1.3 Exploitation**

An extant exploitation rate for NAC and Southern NEAC non-maturing 1SW fish at West Green-
land can be calculated by dividing the estimated continent of origin reported harvest of 1SW
salmon at West Greenland by the PFA estimate for the corresponding year for each stock com-
plex. Exploitation rates are available for the 1971 to 2017 PFA years (Figure 5.1.3.1). The most
recent estimate of exploitation available is for the 2017 fishery as the 2018 exploitation rate esti-
mates are dependent on the 2018 PFA estimates, which depends on 2019 2SW returns. NAC PFA
estimates (Table 4.3.6.1) are provided for August of the PFA year and Southern NEAC PFA esti-
mates (Table 3.3.4.4) are provided for January of the PFA year, the latter adjusted by seven
months (1 January to 1 August) of natural mortality at 0.03 per month. The 2017 NAC exploita-
tion rate was 6.7%, which is a slight increase over the 2016 estimate (5.4%), but below the previ-
ous five-year mean (8.4%, 2012–2016). It remains among the lowest in the time-series, but within
the range of exploitation estimates calculated since the early 2000s. NAC exploitation rate peaked
in 1971 at approximately 41%. The 2017 Southern NEAC exploitation rate of 0.8% is equal to the
2016 estimate and the previous five-year mean (2012–2016). The 2017 estimate remains one of
the lowest in the time-series. Southern NEAC exploitation rate at Greenland peaked in 1975 at
35%. It should be noted that annual estimates of exploitation vary slightly from year to year as
they are dependent on the output from the run-reconstruction models, which vary slightly from
assessment to assessment (see Sections 4.3.6.1 and 3.3.1).

**5.2 International sampling programme**

The international sampling programme for the fishery at West Greenland agreed by the parties
at NASCO continued in 2018 (NASCO 2018; see WGC(18)10). The sampling was undertaken by
participants from Canada (1), Ireland (2), UK (Scotland) (1), UK (England and Wales) (1), and USA (1). Sampling began on 22 August and continued through 5 October 2018.

Samplers were stationed in four communities (Figure 5.1.1.1) representing four NAFO Divisions: Sisimiut (NAFO division 1B), Maniitsoq (1C), Paamiut (1E) and Qaqortoq (1F). As in previous years, no sampling occurred in the fishery in East Greenland. No sampling occurred at any factories as factory landings were not allowed in 2018. Tissue and biological samples were collected from all sampled fish.

A total of 1563 salmon were observed by the sampling teams, approximately 12% by weight of the reported landings. Of this total, 1115 were sampled for biological characteristics, 265 fish were only checked for an adipose clip, and 183 were documented as being landed, but were not sampled or examined further. A total of 1064 fork lengths and weights, 1048 scale samples for age determination, and 1111 tissue samples for DNA analysis to determine the continent and region of origin of the fish were available for analysis (Table 5.2.1). A subsample of 979 genetic samples were processed for continent of origin analysis due to resource limitations.

A total of 11 adipose fin clipped fish were recorded, no internal or external tags were identified by samplers. Two tags not reported by samplers, both of Canadian origin, were returned directly to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in 2018.

Starting in 2002, non-reporting of harvest was evident based on a comparison of reported landings and sample data. In at least one of the NAFO Divisions where international samplers were present, the sampling team observed more fish than were reported as being landed for the whole season. When there is this type of discrepancy, the reported landings are adjusted ("Adjusted landings (sampling)") according to the estimated total weight of the fish identified as being landed during the sampling effort and these adjusted landings are carried forward for assessments. Adjusted landings do not replace the official reported statistics (Tables 5.1.1.1 and 5.1.1.2).

The time-series of reported landings and subsequent adjusted landings (sampling) for 2002–2018 are presented in Table 5.2.2. In most years, with the exception of 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2018, discrepancies were identified, although sometimes minor in magnitude. It should be noted that samplers are only stationed within selected communities for 2–6 weeks in total per year whereas the fishing season runs for 10–12 weeks. It is not possible to correct for non-reporting for an entire fishing season or area given the discrepancy in sampling coverage vs. fishing season without more accurate daily/weekly catch statistics. Landings for assessment are presented in Table 5.1.2.1.

Landings in Nuuk were 20% of the total reported landings in 2018 and averaged 16% over the past ten years (2008–2017). As reported previously (ICES, 2012), access to fish in support of the sampling programme in Nuuk had in previous years been compromised. In 2015, the conditions attached to a salmon fishing licence were modified and a requirement allowing samplers access to landed catch was included. However, given the difficulty and cost associated with samplers participating in the sampling programme and potentially being denied access to fish, no commitment was made to send an international sampler to Nuuk in 2015.

As part of the international sampling programme agreed to by NASCO (NASCO, 2018; see WGC(18)10) the Government of Greenland, in cooperation with the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, agreed to provide a local sampler to sample Atlantic salmon from Nuuk on a weekly basis during the 2018 fishing season. Unfortunately, only a small number of samples (n=3) from a single individual private fisher were collected from Nuuk in 2018. These samples and data have been included in the sampling database, but have not contributed to the analysis of the 2018 fishery given the low sample size. The Government of Greenland, in cooperation with