As an avid waterfowler and all around outdoor enthusiast I am in support of an open season on cormorants. The cormorant population in the Bay of Quinte region that I call home is seemingly "out of control".
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To Whom it my concern, it is my personal opinion that this proposed season on the double breasted cormorant would be a tremendous betterment to the fisheries and the environment.
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Great news!
I am an avid fisherman who has sen the cormorant population grow considerably in the last 5 years.
I do believe that the fish population is affected by these birds.
Great to see that action is being taken to control the population of this bird.
I am in favor of a hunting season for them but not in the summer from a motor boat. I do all my boating on Georgian Bay where I see a lot of cormorants. The thought of someone hunting while I'm boating concerns me. Will I need to wear a hunter orange life jacket?
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I honestly think it is a great idea to have an open season on these birds as I have watched our fish population drop drastically as well as seen what these birds have done to our islands and land that they nest on. They are over populated and destroying our ecosystem
I think the proposed cull / hunt of Double breasted Cormorants is misguided and lacking any scientific data ! The concern expressed by groups/ people should not be enough to justify the killing of these birds.
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I think this proposal is long overdue. I applauded those taking the initiative on this and think the structure of it sounds fair and reasonable. I'm for this proposal 100 percent and hope it comes to fruition soon.
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I strongly believe that there must be a hunting season for the double crested cormorant in Ontario. I fish the great lakes regularly and have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of birds that we see on our outings.
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I have seen the devastating effect of the cormorants from the view at Cherry Beach in Toronto and in the Thousand Islands. In the past two years, they have taken up residence on Kennisis Lake and have tripled there population.
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you say these filthy birds are native , they arent . i however am (native) . didnt see one growing up in the 60s 70s ,or 80s . now we have 100s of thousands of these fish stock destroyers .
shot a couple and threw them in the boat . the smell was horrific . had to dispose of them in a hurry .
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I am a Fisherman / family. And we fish lake ont and Erie and kayak small water ways . . And is is crazy the destruction these birds do . Shore line and fish. Watch them every few mins pop up with another small catfish or bass . The bait fish . There is far to many.
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I am not a hunter but these birds , destroy every roost they land on , create havoc on the environment they are in by the sheer numbers of them , they eat approximately a pound of fish each every day , the droppings affect the land , trees and waters they live near and on , the stench is also very d
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I believe the hunt should take place or at the very least a cull must take place. The lakes and waterways are full of these birds look at the devestation they have done to the shorelines in southern ontairo. Thousands of these birds have wiped out mature trees due to thier toxic droppings.
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This is long over due, too many shore lines have been destroyed. Too many fish have been killed and not eaten. Take a drive in a boat down the lower Niagara and see the dead trees that are covered in that toxic poop these birds leave.
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I strongly support this proposal.
As a sailor and fisherman (Lake Erie and Ontario and Niagara River) I’ve become increasingly concerned about the cormorant population over the past 20 years.
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You can not protect a predator, the bird, and not expect whatever it eats to be in decline, the fish.
Also how much crap are these birds adding to th the nutrient level of the lake.
For the above reason I support hunting them.
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