Re-defining double-crested…

Re-defining double-crested cormorants as "game birds" and then allowing a summer season, a huge "bag limit" of 50 (vs five for ruffed grouse for example) and allowing cormorant "hunters" to dispose of the killed birds with using them for food --and who could consume 50 cormorants?--masks an extermination policy as part of Ontario's generally commendable legislation on hunting. Make an intellectually honest proposal for a drastic reduction of the double-crested cormorant as pest control and invite public comment on that.

If the cormorant can be classes as a "game bird" the season should be limited to fall and early winter, a reasonable bag limit (three to five for such large bird) and a possession limit of no more than the bag limit for three days.