I have read over the…

I have read over the information and would like to know where is the scientific basis for this cull? The evidence is quite clear that double breasted cormorants do not impact sports fishing, studies show that the stocking of lakes with predator fish species has a greater affect on the decline of bass species. As with many other gut reaction theories the reason that cormorants are blamed is because they are not that pretty and rather obvious so therefore it must be them. If you want a natural way to control them, find a way to encourage bald eagles to take up resident in the areas there are large cormorant colonies, they have been shown to be effective predators (again there are scientific studies to support this) and would maintain the natural balance a lot better than a bunch of gun toting men in boats. I would like to think that Ontario is better than this.