I think this is a terrible…

I think this is a terrible idea. Cormorants are not pests to be eradicated, but birds protected under the Migratory Bird Act Treaty. I lived in Kingston in 1998 when hunters killed > 800 cormorants on Little Galoo Island. It was a truly outrageous act born out of ignorance about this species and the miniscule competition it represents to commercial and sport fishermen.

A government-sanctioned kill such as you are proposing, with "bag" limits of 50 (!) is no better. No one eats a cormorant. You are simply encouraging mass vandalism against an ancient and innocent species, caving in to some special interest or other. You should be ashamed!

If this public consultation is worth anything, then listen to common sense and don't do it.