This proposal is ill thought…

This proposal is ill thought out and could damage our fragile ecosystem.

Firstly - cormorants are currently feeding on invasive fish in our great lakes which are a problem such as alewife and round gobies.

Secondly, my understanding from prominent McMaster University biologist Jim Quinn, who has been studying cormorants and other water birds in Hamilton Harbour since the early '90s, is that the population is stabilizing on its own.

And thirdly, allowing hunters to shoot 50 birds a day is overkill and will frighten and drive away other birds in those areas.

I strongly oppose this proposal and urge the government to withdraw this initiative.