A GAME BIRD? People shoot…

A GAME BIRD? People shoot game birds to eat. Are these hunters going to eat even one cormorant?
You kill it, you eat it. Not going to eat it? Don't kill it. (I make an exception for self-defence, i.e. swatting mosquitoes.)
And the hunters have to dispose of the carcasses? Fifty a day? Oh, sure. How are you going to enforce that? Or maybe you're just fine with them leaving all those birds for coyotes, turkey vultures, etc. to eat.

Cormorants are a native species. The ecosystem has evolved with them. In fact, their population is stabilizing. Why don't you wait for the science?

Mute swans are NOT a native species. And they are good to eat. They compete for ecological space with species that are native, like trumpeter swans. But we can't let people kill them! They're so pretty.

I am totally opposed to this proposal.