This species of bird serves…

This species of bird serves no useful purpose and is not native to the lakes of central and northern Ontario. Over the years we have shot a number of these birds at the cottage because they make a mess of the trees and rocks. We have found their stomachs full of small minnows from 2-4inches. Where the cormorants have concentrated game fish populations have declined due to the competition for the same food as well as the birds are eating the game fish minnows as well. Forget asking the scientists and the tree huggers, talk to the fisherman, hunters and first nation people they will all tell you the same thing. The surge in the cormorant population is aligned with the decline in the game fish population.

Allowing hunters to cull the population would be cost-effective as well as hunters would still be responsible for disposing of the bodies since eating cormorants is no very pleasant. After all of the years of people complaining it is good to see that the government is finally doing something about it.