I oppose this proposal on…

I oppose this proposal on several grounds:
1. The need to kill cormorants as means to protect fish stocks is NOT proven;
2. Possible positive impacts of cormorants on the broader ecosystem have not been considered;
3. Hunting - if supported by the evidence - must be done on in accordance with well-established ethical standards and a long season that overlaps breeding times is NOT in accordance with those standards;
4. Cormorants that are shot will NOT be collected and consumed, another breach of hunting ethics;
5. Cormorant carcasses will present a public health and aesthetic threat (i.e. rotting carcasses, bad odors, etc.);
5. The proposed bag limit is wholly unjustified.

This is an obvious attempt to please a narrow and I believe unrepresentative element of Ontario's citizenry and I suspect many hunters and anglers would disapprove.