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From what I understand , cormorant populations on our Great Lakes system, including Lake Nipissing, are stabilizing or in a slight decline after rebounding; cormorant diets include about 2% game fish; and that disrupting them at nesting sites as they prepare to nest, which landowners can legally do if their property is adversely affected, effectively keeps numbers down locally; etc...
And, to plan for a cull as proposed (throughout our busiest cottage and water recreational activity season), is fraught with problems. As a hunter, seldom now, and former Hunter Safety Instructor, I just envision unsafe situations, loss to other species, and carnage for cormorants well beyond those shot.
Please reconsider all aspects of your proposal.
Submitted December 31, 2018 7:58 PM
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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario
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013-4124
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16107
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