I am against this despicable cormorant hunt. The numbers point to the fact that overhunting can eradicate the entire population. And just leaving the carcasses to rot is untenable. Thousands of rotting bodies in the lake and on our beaches will pollute the air, the land and the watershed.
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I do not oppose implementing a season for cormorant hunting, and think listing this species as a game bird has great potential for tourism and economic development along the great lakes.
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I support the Ministry's plan. Cormorants are not a native species. They have multiplied rapidly. To my knowledge, they have no predators. In addition, they are devasting the fish in Georgian Bay and the inland lakes and crowding the habitat of our native species ...... ducks and loons.
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The Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists wishes to provide comments to Proposal 013-4124 to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario.
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I’ve seen the damage and increase population as a fishing guide ! Loss of bait and sport species . Damage to natural trees plus the horrible smell ! We need to control them .
Thanks Greg
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The slaughter of these cormorants is horribly ill-conceived, opposed by almost all experts in the field and is set up (if you look at the obvious math) to completely wipe out these birds.
As well, the entire approach of the government in this matter is arrogant and hysterical.
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Re: Environmental Registry of Ontario #013-4124 – Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario
Attn: Public Input Coordinator, Species Conservation Policy Branch
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The cull is unnecessary. The quota seems to be larger than the population, i.e. seems to permit eradication. Cormorants have a place and function in the ecosyste. Birds other than the target species will be killed by mistake or accident. If you are trying to promote hunting, this is not hunting.
I strongly object to the proposed “hunt” of Double-crested Cormorants in the Province of Ontario. I have lived on the edge of Lake Ontario overlooking two major nesting islands for more than three decades.
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there is no justification to cull cormorants in light of the fact they have just recovered from the last official cull in Ontario that was undertaken by the government. Such a cull would seem to be a red-herring issue vs real environmental concerns such as climate change.
I oppose the wholesale slaughter of any animal to serve commercial or private interests, preferring to let nature look after itself. I do have a number of questions on the proposed cormorant regulations:
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I agree both personally and professionally as a charter fishing owner/operator that there should be a open season to shoot/hunt for double breasted cormorants.
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As way of introduction I hunt, fish and trap. I have seen the rise of the cormorant population over the last 36 years. In 1984 when I moved to area along Georgian Bay we would occasionally observe a cormorant or two. I have seen them grow in numbers that would have been hard to imagine in 1984.
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On proposed hunting of the Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) in Ontario; a scientifically baseless and environmentally naive proposition
RE: EBR Registration number 013-4124
Executive Summary:
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