Please establish a Double-Crested Cormorant hunt. This is very important because, even removing a few of these birds will greatly help the Great Lakes fish populations.
We belong to a fishing club as well as a trailer park which both stock fish for game fishing. Cormorants eat a large # of fish daily, quickly depleting the stock. The fish population is diminishing as a result of the large quantity of cormorants. Their guano is also killing vegetation,
December 20, 2018
FOCA provides the following Comments related to the proposed double-crested cormorant hunt in Ontario EBR Registry Number: 013-4124
Submitted via: https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTM2NTE1&statusId=MjA4MDQ4
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I believe most hunters, fisherman, and cottage owners can agree that something needs to be done about the cormorant population due to the fisheries and property damage they are causing. But I do not agree with the proposal being put forward by the MNRF.
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I am firmly against a hunting season on the double-crested cormorant.
The mass killing of a native species is not an ecologically sound response and I’m not convinced any detrimental impacts caused by the birds justify this course of action.
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As an avid fisherman I have noticed year over year explosive growth in the cormorant population. They have displaced seagulls nesting in the Hamilton Harbour area. Their acidic droppings are killing trees in several areas including Hamilton Harbour and the Upper Niagara River.
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We live on Sturgeon Lake in Bobcaygeon and support any efforts to reduce the Commerant population. They are destroying specific islands and we are concerned about the long term effects on the ecosystems, fish and wildlife.
I do not agree with the proposed approach to managing cormorant populations. In particular I do not agree with the extended hunting period and the very large bag limit of 50 birds a day.
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I think these birds are a nuisance and harming our lakes. Please let them be hunted! I live on Kukagami Lake in Greater Sudbury and they are here as well as on neighbouring lakes. Would love to get rid of some/most of them.
Re: ERO number 013-4124
The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club strongly opposes the proposal to create a hunting season for Double-crested Cormorants. The proposal will create major conservation challenges and negative ecological impacts. There are multiple reasons for this, outlined below.
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il y a suffisament de pertes d'espèces natives du Canada sans en plus en permettre l'extinction . pensez donc aux outardes au lieu des cormorans
je suis contre l'ouverture de cette chasse
I am outraged that yet again the government wants to solve a problem by taking the easy way out and allowing a native animal to be hunted and killed.
"The government's hunting proposal is gratuitous, irresponsible, and cruel," says researcher Dr. Edward Kroc, speaking about Ontario.
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