I support the cormorant hunt…

I support the cormorant hunt. I have no fear that hunters will decimate the cormorant population.

The OMNRF can monitor the results, and make changes to season dates and harvest limits based on an adaptive management approach to the hunting season.

There is no doubt that cormorants have expanded their range, and they do have an impact on fish populations. Do we need 30,000 cormorants at Tommy Thompson park in Toronto?

Cormorant culls have occurred in Europe for similar reasons to those in the EBR posting.

You will get push back from organized anti hunting, animal rights groups and they should be taken with a grain of salt. For those who do not hunt and fish, they have no skin in the game as 70% of all funding for fisheries and wildlife management and research, comes from those who are fishers/hunters with their outdoors card purchase. The remaining 30% and more, comes from taxes on all of the equipment, travel and other income generated by fishers/hunters.