As much as the cormorant…

As much as the cormorant appears in the minds of many to be more than a nuisance, your opening comments suggest little has been done scientifically to absolutely pinpoint this species as a major deterrent to fishing numbers.
Furthermore, to have an open hunting season from March to December, allowing a bag of 50 kills per outing and even from stationary boats, suggests a lack of common sense. Who and how will 50 birds be disposed of in an ethical way - dumped in the nearest bin, allowed to float in the bodies of water they meet their demise? How many crazed hunters in boats will use this elongated hunting season to disturb those wishing to fish areas where so many of these birds accumulate to catch the same reward - fish?
Though well intended, the policing of this project will even tax more the duties of already limited mnr staff and at what cost?
Until these concerns are addressed in a fair manner, with full scientific evidence to support claims against the monstrous eating machine, the cormorant, sounder minds need to re-address the solutions already proposed!