Hi, I would like to know…

Hi,
I would like to know what the anticipated effect on nesting waterbirds using the same island as Double-creasted Cormorants is (Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Gull and Tern species etc). Shooting from a "stationary" boat seems like it would pose a risk for other species to be hit and killed. Heronries are very sensitive to disturbance during the breeding season, this proposed hunting season would likely hurt these birds. Mute Swans are a much larger threat ecosystems. They destroy marsh environments by chasing out all native waterfowl species, yet we don't have a hunting season on them. A Cormerant hunting season seems like is being proposed more for the aesthetics of the islands then any other reason. I can't see why we should hunt these birds, they are a native species and mainly feed on fish not consumed my humans.