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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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Cormorant control has been needed for decades. Many lakes have suffered significant damage because of lack of action to protect fish populations. Our lake is almost devoid of perch because of these birds. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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It has been a long time coming to open some sort of season for these birds. They have been establishing themselves all over and are destructive to the habitat they reside in as well as consume large amounts of fish each day. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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I strongly DISAGREE with this proposal. Opening a cormorant hunt exposes families, boaters and recreational users of to threats associated with shooting in wetlands. There appears to be no science supporting the proposed catch limits. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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I feel this is a positive move and is overdue. There should not be a requirement to preserve the meat but a reasonable effort must be made to retrieve the carcass and dispose of it properly. These birds have caused destruction of many habitats.

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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Thank you for taking action to reduce the cormorant population in Ontario. I live on Big Rideau Lake and have seen the destruction of an island. There is a nauseating odour from the island where they roost. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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Double-crested cormorants are in invasive species in Ontario and are likely having a serious detrimental effect on native aquatic habitats and aquatic wildlife species where they compete for food resources and nesting cover/habitat. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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In the mid 1980's the commercial gill net fishery in the Brighton area was closed to one month of the year. The idea being that the industry was responsible for very low yellow perch populations. To this day, fishers still cannot catch any quantity of y. perch. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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We have witnessed the destruction that Cormorants have caused along the seaway first hand. These birds are now spreading rapidly up the Ottawa valley and taking up residence on the many islands that dot the Ottawa river. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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Generally I only hunt game that I intend on eating, except for nuisance animals (coyote, for example) and I would consider the cormorant also a nuisance. Couldn't imagine they would taste good. But I would be in favour of a season as outlined.

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