Comment
The proposal to establish a hunting season for cormorants does not consider the effects of that season on those who use the lakes.
June 16 to August 31 each year coincides with with the height of the cottage season. What kinds of danger are we putting boaters and swimmers in if there are hunters out there shooting 50 cormorants a day?
What about those who got to the cottage for peace and quiet? A summer hunting season will definitely not be conducive to that: 50 birds x how many shots x how many hunters = a very unpleasant morning.
An unlimited possession number, allowing cormorants to spoil, and no season limit amounts to encouraging the eradication of the bird, or at least a return to its endangered status.
There are other birds that share the cormorants’ nesting time and preferred location, including herons and terns. What impact will this proposed season have on them? It will be disruptive at the least. What plans are in place to track the impact of hunting cormorants at nesting time in the reproduction of herons and terns?
This proposal needs rethinking.
Submitted December 6, 2018 10:22 AM
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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario
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