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I live in close proximity to Rondeau Bay. During the summer of 2014 I, along with the help of family and friends, circulated a petition directed at the noticeable increase in the numbers of cormorants in the Rondeau Bay and Erieau regions of Lake Erie. We had concerns regarding the impact of the cormorants on the game fish species, the forage base (smaller fish consumed by larger predatory fish and birds), the vegetation, the habitat as well as on other colonial water birds.
At that time, we were requesting that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry take the necessary steps to minimize the negative effects that the cormorant colony was having and is continuing to have, on the Rondeau-Erieau Region.
The petition was completed in the Fall of 2014 with close to 900 signatures. It was then, forwarded to our M.P.P who presented it in the Ontario Legislature along with several letters of support from local organizations.

The Ministry’s proposal to establish a hunting season for Double-Crested Cormorants in Ontario not only has my personal support but I am certain, will get very strong support within this region.