These birds were endangered…

These birds were endangered in the 70's and 80's, as well as bald eagles...I live in Sarnia, I was so excited when I saw my first cormorant diving in St Clair river in the 90's, what an awesome sight to see them BACK! They are an important part of our eco-system NOT a threat to the fish population! If cormorants are a threat, then so are bald eagles, their numbers have also been increasing over the last decade, why not hunt them also?
Sounds to me that this maybe a push from elite sport fishermen who can't catch the trophy fish they desire and are blaming it on a BIRD instead of pollution and climate change...