I've fished the Bay of…

I've fished the Bay of Quinte area for about 40 yrs.. I never use to see a cormorant and now they're very abundant.

I'm not aware of any natural predation and am concern about the number of fish they remove from the ecosystem.

I'm also disturbed but the defoiliation at they're roosting sites.

I believe the fishery is an important resource that needs to be protected and improved. An over abundence of cormorants would be a determinant to a healthy fishery.

I support culling cormorants.

I don't believe that very many hunters concider cormorants as a game bird. I believe requiring cormorants to be counted an a daily bag limit would discourage any meaningful hunter implimented cull.

I believe cormerants should be considered vermin, and if the numbers decline sufficiently, amend the regulations to stabilized a sustainable population.

Thank you.