As an avid outdoorsman in…

As an avid outdoorsman in southern Ontario I have watched cormorants numbers explode in the last 10 years. I've witnessed them following vessels that are stocking yearlings in lakes and just gorge on the baby fish. I've seen small islands in the muskoka just destroyed by their fecal matter. It's toxic and kills plant life when in contact it seems. They are doing a number on our game fish populations and the habitat that can be found around lakes and certain rivers. I'm all for conservation. But when I'm out on Lake Ontario and you see a flock of 500 to 1000 of these birds coming at you. You can't help but to think of all the negative impact they are having on the environment and fisheries of Ontario . Their numbers are very strong. I don't feel that having a season to harvest the birds would be a bad idea.