Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins

The ZEC de la Rivière-des-Escoumins is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) in the municipality of Les Escoumins, in La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, administrative region of Côte-Nord (North Shore), in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography
"Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins" administers a segment 34 km on Escoumins River for recreative fishing. River Escoumins flows from north to southeast and reaches its annual rate of 13 up to 20 m3/s (13 - 20 m3/s) in July.

A forest road along the river, facilitates access to salmon pits upstream the river.

Since 2014, salmon can swim upstream beyond the "chute du Grand-Sault" (Falls of the Grand Sault), passing through a fishway, allowing them to go up to the upper part of the river.

Fishing
In the zec of Rivière-des-Escoumins, fishing is practiced by wading. In general, the salmon pits are quite long and shallow. Zec is divided into four sectors, three are quotas. A total of 66 pits were listed in the zec.

Related articles

 * Escoumins River
 * La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality
 * Zone d'exploitation contrôlée (controlled harvesting zone) (zec)