Thank you for the…

Thank you for the opportunity to comment. I am a duck hunter, fisherman and general outdoorsman. Cormorants seem to have become much more prevalent the past few years. I have witnessed cormorants sitting by the hundreds in trees at ports in NY where salmon are being stocked and raised in pens and released in rivers. They wait for the fry/fingerlings to start out the creek/river and then gorge themselves. This is certainly detrimental to efforts of stocking and a great deal of money is lost. I am a resident of Pennsylvania and spend time in Ontario hunting each fall. I see many more cormorants in the states but having help from Ontario may lead to a season being established here as well. I hope the proposal goes through. Thank you again for the chance for input.