I agree with the proposed…

I agree with the proposed legislation to cull the cormorant population by allowing hunting of these birds under the following conditions:

1. This must be closely monitored. its a long season and a very large bag limit of 50 birds per day per hunter. I think this is too aggressive. Maybe start off a little lower.
2. The acceptable ways to dispose of the birds must be clearly defined. It's fine to address allowing the spoilage of the carcass, but hunters must be required to retrieve the dead birds and dig a hole and bury them or have a list of disposal options.. I would be against dead cormorants floating everywhere and decaying along shorelines, especially hundreds or thousands at a time.
3. Most hunters participating in this hunt are doing it because they want to reduce the cormorant population, so there should be a voluntary online registry to allow hunters to record how many birds they shot and where. I think this will be well used.
3. A wide open season will likely result in the total eradication of these birds in some areas used by heavily by sportsmen. The only populations that will survive will be in remote areas. This may be the intended outcome but I wanted this to be noted.