cormorants are very…

cormorants are very attractive birds for photography. Cormorants are a key part of ecosystem. Certainly they cause trouble to certain areas where they nest in high density. It is a common idea to dislike the birds for many imaginary reasons.

Allowing 50 kills a day for sport is a good way to decimate the population quickly. In Big Rideau Lake it would probably take two days. It is easy to find their nesting areas and a boat and hunter could quickly exterminate them. This is especially reckless as it take both male and female to raise the young. This seems an idea to placate complaining groups.

There must be a much more controlled gradual way to control population that the ministry can monitor much more closely. I am also concerned with what this would do to the ecosystem. Much literature exists on the difficulties and past failures to intervene quickly in natural ecosystems. This proposal looks similarly likely to cause more long term trouble than any gain that comes from it.