| Zec de la Rivière-des-Escoumins | |
| Map: | Quebec |
| Location: | Canada, Quebec, La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality |
| Nearest City: | Les Escoumins |
| Coords: | 48.3472°N -69.45°W |
| Coords Ref: | [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.
"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 (13m3/s20m3/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.
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]