I strongly support any…

I strongly support any measures that curtail any increase in the cormorant population. In addition to my family having a summer cottage when I was a child, I have had a lakefront property on Lake Couchiching for over 40 years and believe that the growth in the cormorant population on our lake has been detrimental to the recovery of the game fish population in our lake after our zebra mussel infestation many years ago. The birds are becoming a significant nuisance to the enjoyment of our lake - due to their impact on our sport fishing, due to the total destruction of vegetation on Ship Island, due to their encroachment on the nearby properties and Big Chief Island and the terrible smell of their waste because of their overly dense population on the lake.
Please proceed with your recommendation to open a hunting season to limit their explosive population growth.