What is the basis for the …

What is the basis for the "concerns expressed by some groups". Do they have an actual evidence that cormorants have been detrimental? Or is it just "gut feeling". This is a misguided enterprise with absolutely no actual data as a foundation for this decision. Having a limit of 50 birds per day with no possession limit is also unsupportable. If this species was in serious decline within recent memory such an approach to hunting will place them back in the same position. If this government is going to enact policy, at least have it be based on some evidence. Not just what some groups think is happening. Such an approach to governance is shortsighted, ill-considered, and nonsensical.