Wildlife biologists are…

Wildlife biologists are clear about the role that monitored hunting plays in conservation and population management. Any attempts to halt the opening of a cormorant hunting season are based on a personal aversion to hunting in general. The damage that cormorants are doing is clear to see and does not require a dedicated study to prove it (as the IBA is calling for). When an animal population is strong, regulated hunting should commence, and in this case it has been postponed for far too long and is having detrimental consequences to ecosystems.