I am submitting the…

I am submitting the following on behalf of the Little Current Fish and Game Club.
Allow me to give you some back ground information. I as well as my deceased parents
have owned a fishing resort for 69 years. A stream runs through our property. This stream empties into the North Channel.
This stream is a NATURAL FISH HATCHERY. Various fish populations ( Walleye, suckers, trout, etc ), utilize this stream for spawning purposes.
In the spring, as soon as the ice leaves, the cormorants are a plague on this stream. It is criminal as to how these birds rape this water body.
At this site I manage a community walleye hatchery for the Little Current Fish and Game Club. Every year we stock walleye fingerlings in area waters, but we are at a point where we are asking ourselves, why are we doing this? These cormorants are having a negative impact on the clubs restocking program.
In conclusion, as president of the club, I can say that our members are in support of a cormorant cull.
At the very least, clubs such as ours, should be allowed to shoot cormorants in these natural fish spawning areas. It would be no difference than the license fish farms acquire to protest their fish.
Fishing on Manitoulin is very important to the local economy. All fish population in our area waters are at a all time low.