Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins


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

Geography

"Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins" administers a segment 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 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", 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.

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