I am a woman, and a 61 year old Ontario resident. I am an angler, not a hunter. My view is that a cormorant hunting season is definitely needed to control the population. They are so numerous in some areas that they are pushing out other species and decimating fish populations.
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I am a male 63 year old Ontario resident who hunts and fishes. I agree with the proposal for a cormorant hunting season. They are over-populated and where they nest and roost they kill all the vegetation.
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I support the cormorant hunt. I have no fear that hunters will decimate the cormorant population.
The OMNRF can monitor the results, and make changes to season dates and harvest limits based on an adaptive management approach to the hunting season.
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100% in favour of the hunt. These birds have taken over the St Lawrence River, eliminated fishing off a dock for pan fish. I used to spend my day this way, my children and now my grandchildren cannot do this because there are no fish around the dock, none.
I fully support the plan to open a comorant season in ontario. The damage that these birds do to the environment is enormous.my congratulations to the minister of the environment for finally acting on this serious problem.
We are profoundly opposed to the proposal to establish a hunting season for Double-crested Cormorants in Ontario. The duration and extent of this slaughter is almost beyond comprehension, and demonstrates both 19th Century callousness and blatant disrespect for our ecology.
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Finally! Hopefully these measures will reduce the population to level that is more sustainable for the environment and other wildlife. I support very aggressive measures to reduce their numbers.
Do you actually think hunters can achieve this? I would look at other options too.
I'm very alarmed at this proposed open season on cormorants for several reasons. There is no substantive body of scientific evidence to support concerns that cormorants eat our fish or damage the natural environment.
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I am a cottage owner and have seen the cormorants increase in population in the past three years to levels that are now affecting the ecosystem. I would support the hunting of these birds as I've seen on our lake and others how destructive these birds are.
I have been a cottager on Sturgeon Lake for the past 51 years and I have watched the rapid decline of Muskrat Island over the last few years. It use to have a healthy thriving tree population but now the trees are barren all year round.
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I do not believe there should be an open hunting season for the cormorant. If a colony is creating a hardship for a specific location it should be addressed as such by a permit through the CWS (similar to nuisance Canada geese) or some other limited local process.
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I feel strongly that classifying the double crested cormorant as a game bird and allowing a nine month season with a 50 bird bag a day will cause the number of cormorants to decline drastically and could lead to the complete eradication of the birds in Ontario.
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Thanks for proposing a cormorant hunt. Anyone who has spent time on or near the water from the Great Lakes to Algonquin Park has seen the damage that these birds (especially in large flocks) have done to the landscape. Closer observation also highlights the amount of fish that they can eat.
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