I oppose the proposal to list Double-Crested Cormorants as game birds and oppose the creation of a hunting season to kill these birds. Leave them alone. Why do we always have to kill things.
I understand and appreciate the desire to add to small game but if we add them as small game then the requirements to not allow waste should also apply. We shouldn’t just abuse our natural resources for a native species just because it impact commercial fishing.
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I have a strong objection to the entire proposal for using hunters to manage cormorants, a native species. The Min of Natural Resources should be proponents for wildlife and not react with such a poor govt.
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The cormorant over population has resulted in the decline of the Ontario fishery and the devastation of vegetation wherever they nest. The Great Lakes cormorants has declined in the past few years because of they have eaten so many fish.
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I say No to shooting the birds. It is a crazy idea for no reason. The birds do not harm the environment, it will endanger the public who spend their vacation out on the water in the summer. My cottage is one of many in the Desbarats area near Sault Ste.Marie.
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I believe that the cormorants need to be controlled and without delay. They are very destructive birds. I have seen the damage they can do when a group of them settles on an island in a freshwater lake.
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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.
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It is incredible how this government tries to destroy everything; low gas prizes to encourage more pollution, lo beer prizes to encourage being drunk, giving gun owners the permission to shoot on beautiful birds. Please use your heart and your brain to stop this nonsense.
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We really don't want this. Living directly on Lake Huron, these local birds are not a problem. Open hunting for 6 months is a Real Problem for us, tourist, other wildlife. No Need for this at all.
I support an open hunting season for this species and agree that they can be disposed of properly if not fit for consumption. This bird has devestated fish stocks be it hatchery raised stocking fish or natural reproduction bait fish and young fish.
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PROPOSED ONTARIO CORMORANT CULL
THE REAL REASON OR THE PROPOSAL:-
Aesthetics- colonies “look bad”
ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE ANSWER?
Only 3% of U.S great lakes islands have been occupied by Cormorants over last 30 years
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I’m totally against this cull. This is a native bird and a massive hunt as proposed is completely unjustified. Not to mention the adverse effects on birds nesting nearby.
I am a wildlife biologist and Professor of Biology with more than four decades of experience, and much of my early career was spent working on colonial, fish-eating birds.
My assessment of this proposal is quite simply that it is maximally ill conceived.
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Hello, I have read the materials on this site regarding this proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario as well as the need to amend the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to add provisions so hunters could allow cormorant to spoil.
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I'm not supporting this disaster of a decision. It's against everything I stand for as a Canadian. You're going to upset further an already unbalanced and struggling ecosystem and lead the cormorants to extinction. It's unacceptable. Shame on everyone who gives support to this.
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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.
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Bag limit "no"
Season timing and length "no"
Disposal of carcasses "retrieve and remove"
Are additional management efforts required? "Oil Eggs and remove nests"
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