Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins

Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins

Province of Quebec

Location Canada, Quebec, La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality
Nearest city Les Escoumins
Coordinates 48°20′50″N 69°27′00″W / 48.34722°N 69.45000°WCoordinates: 48°20′50″N 69°27′00″W / 48.34722°N 69.45000°W[1]
Established 1992[2]
Website http://www.riviereescoumins.com/

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 kilometres (21 mi) on Escoumins River for recreative fishing. River Escoumins flows from north to southeast and reaches its annual rate of 13 up to 20 cubic metres per second (710 cu ft/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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Topos sur le Web: Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins". Commission de Toponymie du Québec. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zones d'exploitation contrôlée (zecs)". Ressources naturelles et Faune. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Official site of "Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins" - Section "Fishing and access rights"

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