I wish to register my strong…

I wish to register my strong opposition to the proposed implementation of a hunting season for the Double-crested Cormorant. I find egregious the arguments listed in your proposal supporting the hunt. Have we learned nothing in the past hundred years about how swiftly a species can be decimated? The cormorant itself was once endangered but thanks to judicious management has made a recovery. Now we are staying that there are too many? What is to prevent their numbers from plummeting again in the future, particularly in light of your proposed control measures? You are supporting this hunt based on the needs and wants of the commercial and recreational fishing 'industry', not on any other considerations. Shame on you for even considering this. Shame on you for viewing OUR wildlife as something to be slaughtered on a whim.