Proposed Cormorant cull is a…

Proposed Cormorant cull is a bad idea and too extreme for following reasons:
1. Season is way too long, in particular it should not be in breeding season, will cause way to much disruption
2. Many other species of breeding birds will inadvertently get shot, since cormorants are typically associated with many other species such as herons, tern, waterfowl, gulls. Even if not killed these other species would be disrupted throughout their sensitive breeding season, affecting their reproduction
3. a daily bag limit of 50 and no season limit is way too high to be sustainable
4. Cormorant is not an edible species, so this killing would be solely for sport. This is very cruel and wasteful practice for a civilized society. We could expect to see large numbers of dead cormorants rotting on our shorelines
5. Allowing hunters out in spring and summer would make natural areas dangerous for the public for most of the year. Currently we know that only in autumn does public need to avoid hunting areas.
6. Allowing hunting from a boat is just plain dangerous. Other boaters will be at risk.

I am strongly opposed to this proposal!