I've had a property on Big Rideau Lake in Eastern Ontario since 2006. I noticed Cormorants for the first time about 8 years ago. After establishing a colony on one small island, the Cormorants have not expanded their colony.
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I agree that the Cormorant population requires reduction. I strongly oppose the management methodology proposed .
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I believe in controlling and limiting the comrmorant population to a few dozen on Big Rideau Lake. A hunting season spanning from March to October is ridiculous
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We reside on Big Rideau Lake and are concerned with bullets whizzing over the shoreline from hunters anchored near cormorant nesting sites. We are also concerned about how the Ministry will regulate or police the disposal of the birds which are killed. 50 birds per hunter per day is a lot of birds.
I totally disagree with the proposal as presently stated for the following reasons:
1) Allowing a "season" from Mar. 31 to Dec. 31 is no season at all but practically totally open. At most a hunting season of a few weeks, avoiding nesting time might be allowed.
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I've seen, first hand, the extensive damage that the Cormorants have done. Whole bunches of trees devastated. Huge losses in bait fish population. A legal hunt for these destructive birds should have been brought in to effect years ago. I hope it finally happens soon.
This proposal is based on a lack of understanding of the value of our ecosystem. I highly urge thorough studies on the impact.
I hope for a wiser choice.
What is the matter with you morons at Queen's Park? Did you never hear of the passenger pigeon, dodo, ivory billed woodpecker or myriad other extinct creatures including birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and amphibians so now you want to add cormorants to the list?
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I am appalled to learn of the Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario. Please stop this action. The reasons for the hunt is a response to unsubstantiated claims against the species.
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Save the Comorants!
The mass killing of cormorants will not be beneficial. It will force other bird species to vacate the colony sites they share with cormorants.
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Quite simply, where is the science to support the proposed changes? MNRF has a talented pool of science staff with expertise on this topic. MNRF has a longgggg history as a science-based organization.
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This is to demand that you stop this senseless killing of cormorants in Ontario, stop hurting our land and the life of innocent living creatures, its cruel and I hate reading about another useless bill that gets passed without any back up to give to us, just go ahead and kill, other issues in the pr
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Wildlife Section
Public Input Coordinator
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Policy Division
Species Conservation Policy Branch
300 Water Street
Peterborough Ontario
K9J 8M5
Phone: (705) 755-1940
December 28, 2018
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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I oppose the creation of a hunting season for cormorants. While cormorants are now an abundant species, they are not over populated. The reasons stated for a hunt are not based on scientific research. The proposed hunt could easily push cormorants in Ontario toward extinction.
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
EBR Registry Number 013-4124
https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4124
Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) Response to ERO 013-4124
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I believe the proposal to initiate cormorant hunting in Ontario has not been researched enough. Do not make this a law without proper research. Give this native bird the opportunity to share landscapes they are native to.
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