I am in total agreement with…

I am in total agreement with this new proposal, to decrease the number of cormorants.
My family had 2 properties on the south shore of Manitoulin Island since the early 1980s. In the early 80s a large rock island on Lake Huron, visible from the properties appeared to be white, as it was covered with seagulls. Ten years later, this same island appeared as black, due to the large influx of cormorants. This was my first introduction to the bird as I live in the Sudbury district and had never bumped into these birds. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see cormorants on some of the lakes northwest of Sudbury. There are a number of remote lakes northwest of Sudbury where my son and I have fished for years. Some of these lakes have small groups of cormorants now established on them. We can actually smell where the birds are living before we can actually see their habitat. The fishing in these remote lakes has dropped off to the point where it is hardly worth the effort to portage in to enjoy the fruits of fishing or even the once pristine environment. There is obviously the chance of other environmental factors that may have affected these fisheries, however, having frequented these lakes since my childhood with my father, the most obvious change is the introduction of these crafty, gluttons!