I live on the St. Lawrence…

I live on the St. Lawrence River near Brockville Ontario. While I am aware that many people dislike the double crested cormorant, I feel that the proposed hunting season is not well considered. I worry that this hunt will have very detrimental impacts on other birds who nest in the same areas as cormorants - terns, for example. The cormorants that frequent my shoreline are hunting gobies - an invasive species. Although I am aware that the population of cormorants is growing very quickly, perhaps too quickly, I believe that this should be addressed with a more complex and thoughtful approach than just all out warfare against these birds. They do play a role in the ecosystem, and that role is intertwined with the lives of other species of birds whose numbers are declining.