While I agree that…

While I agree that controlling certain species populations through hunting/culling can be beneficial to our greater ecosystem I feel that the proposal surrounding cormorant hunting is far too liberal. The proposal as it stands now would allow hunters to essentially and easily kill as many of these birds as they like in the extended hunting season. Although the current studies estimate a neutral impact from the new legislation it is impossible to accurately determine just how impactful this may be. Furthermore I don’t feel aesthetics or this displeasure of the cottaging population should factor into species control. We are encroaching in the birds natural territory. Commercial fishing is doing far worse things to our provinces water ways than any bird, perhaps we should look at changing that legislation instead.