Cormorants are an important…

Cormorants are an important indigenous species that are evidently integral to local eco systems. They help to keep invasive species at bay and have only a nominal effect on fish populations favoured by humans. They have been here longer than us and deserve to remain. I understand the problems associated with their nesting sites but evidence suggests eradication is unnecessary and controls, when absolutely needed, should be used in very limited contexts. The open season on Cormorants that is being proposed is irresponsible and barbaric.