As outlined in the OFNC…

As outlined in the OFNC official statement on this matter, "The proposed hunting season (15 March to 31 December) is excessively long and includes the nesting season. Conservation management programs typically protect the nesting season to ensure the sustainability of the managed species; this case should be no different. Historic experience shows that allowing hunting during nesting season can create rapid population declines, as well as lead to full or partial destruction of nests and nestlings, which is unjustifiable from either conservation or animal welfare perspectives. As well, other birds that share the nesting colonies of Double-crested Cormorants, including various species of gulls and herons, would also be disturbed by both hunting and carcass retrieval and thus subject to reduced nesting success."

I oppose this proposal as it does not follow sound conservation management practices.