This is a terrible idea…

This is a terrible idea. Killing animals for no purpose is inherently wrong.

Cormorants are inedible so the only purpose served by allowing them to be hunted is to reduce the population. Throwing open the entire population to be hunted in the numbers possible could be catastrophic to the birds. And the birds are part of a natural ecosystem, so removing them in this manner will have implications for that ecosystem, most of which are likely to be unpredicted and not good.

The facts are clear - despite the misinformation, these birds have minimal impact on commercial or sport fisheries. In other words this policy is a solution in search of a problem.

Let's show ourselves as a province to be better than this, and not adopt this revolting policy.

Please leave these birds alone.