This proposal is extremely…

This proposal is extremely ill-advised. The great lakes cormorant population has been steady since around 2000, so that there is little need for a cull, and 50 birds a day will potentially result in their extinction within a few years. If one hunter got 50 per day for the season, and assuming the great lakes population is around 120,000, one hunter could kill every cormorant in 20 years. There will be thousands of hunters on any given day around the great lakes system. Furthermore, loads of other species (herons, terns, gulls, etc.) nest among the cormorants, and will invariably be killed as by-catch. This whole plan is incredibly problematic. Please ensure it does not go forward