I agree that cormorants are…

I agree that cormorants are an ugly, disruptive bird and certainly not one that I enjoy seeing in my area. However I do not agree establishing a hunting free for all is the proper means to control this species.
My concerns:
1. The limit of 50 birds per hunter is a first step toward many (some) recreational game hunters becoming persons who kill for the joy of killing. This would be particularly true for young hunters bowing to peer pressure to kill the highest number.

2. The overall practice of killing rather than game hunting dangerously erodes the mindset that we as outdoors people must respect our environment.

3. Policing the “disposal” of this large number of birds will be practically impossible and likely non-existent.

4. I’m concerned that killing for the satisfaction of killing will, to control a species, become the norm and other species i.e. nucience bears, deer, seagulls, crows and ravens, etc. (In fact anything people perceive as a problem) will next be targeted.

5. I would prefer that either a biological means to control breeding , or a culling by professional shooters (I’m wary of calling them hunters) be utilized to bring down populations in affected areas.