This proposal is contrary to…

This proposal is contrary to everything that an environmental agency should stand for. To declare war on a species that is just barely holding at sustainable numbers is ludicrous and again, contrary to normal environmental actions.
The fact that this almost year long hunting “season” also has no requirements for collecting the slaughtered birds suggests not “hunting” but just massacre. How is it, in this day and age of massive extinctions, that anyone can make the decision that this is ok?
The numbers don’t support the argument that they are depleting fish stocks as much of the fish that they consume are invasive and non-native species.

If a landowner has an issue with cormorants on their property, then it should be allowed that they control them in some way however this outright slaughter is outrageous. To allow “hunters” (and no self-respecting hunter would call this hunting) to shoot from boats would endanger other waterfowl and animals.

This entire exercise appears to be an opportunity for any shoot happy hunter to just kill “stuff” . The fact that these birds are virtually indistinguishable from loons in flight won’t matter and until the dead and dying birds are examined, real tolls won’t be certain.

Please reconsider this barbaric slaughter that is reminiscent of the slaughter of the Passenger Pidgeon, Dodo bird and outrageous declines of birds and wildlife over the past century. This action is like the dark ages and we certainly know better.