From a boater's perspective…

From a boater's perspective I believe more thought needs to be put into allowing people to hunt the birds from a stationary boat. There is a colony of birds living on an island in the middle of Lake Couchiching in Orillia. There is significant boat, canoe, paddleboard, etc traffic around the island.

Allowing someone to shoot at birds during prime boating season just opens up the risk of a bullet not hitting its intended target.

There would also need to be determined hunting times, increased signage, hunters should be required to wear identifiable clothing and also a mechanism to remove the deceased birds.

I would like to to see studies that prove that removing large quantities of cormorants in a short period of time also would not harm the overall ecosystem.

Thank you