Has any consideration been…

Has any consideration been given to the reproductive cycle of the cormorants and the impact of the new hunting periods on the chicks? Eggs are laid in June-July and chicks fledging takes place in August-September. The proposed hunting season will decimate the eggs and the chicks.

In addition, establishing a unreasonably high bag limit of 50 cormorants/day with no possession limit may well result in having no cormorants left, at least in some areas.

Were the concerns of those in favor of adding these birds to the game birds category objectively assessed by the Registry before resorting to this proposal to establish a hunting season for these birds?

Keeping in mind that the cormorants' population is stable or declining, a regulatory change in hunting should not open the path to unnecessary and cruel killing.