I find this proposal…

I find this proposal disturbing. In the "Proposed Details" it states that "...the latest information indicating Great Lakes populations have since stabilized or declined slightly." The question then is what evidence is being used to ascertain that the Cormorant is causing a decline in the commercial fishing industry?

I have seen these birds along the shores and just off shore on isles enough to know that using the word "hunting" when applied to this proposal is really an insult to true hunters who need to use their wits and skills to get close enough to have a fair opportunity to make a clean kill. With Cormorants, pulling alongside a colony in a boat and blasting away with a shotgun is not hunting. It is simply a slaughter. Whether you like the birds or not, I can't imagine anybody thinking this is hunting. Added to this fact is this I don't believe this is an eating bird. Just slaughter and leave to rot, with no regard for the young.

If you need to cull in certain areas for good reasons, then do so with appropriate Natural Resources staff who will undertake the work in a qualified, skilled and humane manner.