I have had a cottage near…

I have had a cottage near Long Beach on Lake Erie for 30 years. It used to be a rare siting to see a cormorant and now they flock off the shoreline in the thousands. It is hard for me to gauge their effect on fishing but the damage to trees and vegetation is of obvious concern. I would support a hunting season for them because it seems that their numbers are exceeding natural controls. With the devastating losses we have experienced to ash trees and some pine species we need to preserve our remaining trees. I am unaware of any positive role cormorants play in our local environment.