The proposed plan to allow…

The proposed plan to allow persons to kill up to 50 cormorants a day is an ill-conceived strategy designed to address a problem that does not even exist. The cormorant is a native species whose population declined in years past before rebounding with the banning of dangerous and lethal pesticides. Its population is currently stable, and it is not a threat in any way.
However, even if it were an issue, the proposed solution to allow this hunt to take place throughout the entire spring summer and fall would be a serious threat to many other species whose nesting habitats are in close proximity to cormorant populations. To allow hunting in those spaces, particularly during breeding season, would have a similarly negative effect on the population of species such as gulls, herons and bald eagles, for example, not to mention the disruption to humans trying to enjoy some time outdoors.
It's difficult to understand how this proposal was conceived, on what basis and how the idea of 50 birds per person per day was arrived at. It is outrageous and hopefully the proposal will be abandoned once you have had a chance to study it further.
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