Good Evening! I most…

Good Evening!
I most certainly am in favour of having an open season for hunting cormorants.
We live on Lake Couchiching right across from Little Ship Island on the west shore of the lake.
We have watched the constant destruction of that island by the hundreds of cormorants that breed, nest and live on that island. The stench from their secretions is horrendous and the landscape has
totally changed from being a living green island to a dead whitewashed island. They have so overpopulated the island that they are searching for new habitat and are starting to invade our side of the lake. They come over here now for fishing and are scouting out new breeding and living arrangements. WE ARE NOT PLEASED! They have fished out our lake of any fish worthy of catching, and create an environment where no other birds are allowed to live. They are most aggressive and upset our regular resident loon who lives just off the dock. If someone doesn't take action very soon we will lose our lake in more ways than one. The quality of our lake water is compromised with the additional feces going into the water which produces a very dense bottom weed cover from the added nitrogen. I have lived on this lake for over60 years. Our once beautiful sandy beaches have been replaced with a mucky weed infested bottom. What a shame! Lets get a control on the cormorants!