Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins

For homonymy, see Escoumins.
Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins
Map showing the location of Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins
Map showing the location of Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins
Province of Quebec
LocationCanada, Quebec, La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality
Nearest cityLes Escoumins
Coordinates48°20′50″N 69°27′00″W / 48.34722°N 69.45000°W / 48.34722; -69.45000[1]
Established1992[2]
Websitehttp://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 m3/s (460–710 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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