I recognize the need to…

I recognize the need to reduce the numbers of Double-crested Cormorants. I have no argument with that. I do think the dates of June 16 to August 31 are more reasonable for the whole province and not just Central and Northern Ontario. The start date will be outside of the nesting period. Cormorants gather where other birds gather: Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night Herons, Great Egrets, Common and Caspian Terns, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. Those birds will have their nesting cycles disrupted in Southern Ontario if the start date of March 15 is allowed to stand. Their numbers (except for gulls) are decreasing as it is. Another item that concerns me is the disposal of the cormorant carcasses. You do not note in your proposal where or how these birds will be or can be disposed of. I suspect some hunters (not all) would leave them to rot figuring fish would take of the carcass. I think there needs to be some regulation on that. Thank you.