I object to the proposed new…

I object to the proposed new hunt for cormorants for several reasons:
1) There is no convincing scientific evidence that cormorants are causing a negative imparct on sport fishing and commercial fishing; I suggest that the government consult further with its own scientists to discuss the evidence that supports or does not support the propsed legeslation.
2) To call this a hunt is a misnomer; it is just killing a species for a poory justified reason. No one will be consuming the carcasses of the killed birds. This species has as much right to exist as any other species.
3) If there were a need for a cull of cormorants for scientific reasons, then the cull should be conducted in a controlled manner, not in the uncontrolled slaughter that will be the result of this legislation.
4) It will be an extremely dangerous precedent to allow hunting from an open boat,
5) Other species of birds will be killed inadvertently in the hunt for cormorants as there are other species such as Black-crowned Night Heron, gulls and terns that nest and roost in similar areas.
6) Even if there were a scientific reason to justify the hunt, a limit of 50 birds per day is much too high a number. There will result a wholesale slaughter of Double-creasted Cormorants.
7) Such a hunt will result in a total lack of credibility of the current government in managing resource issues in a responsible and science-based manner.