This is a welcomed long overdue proposal to control this "non-indigenous" species.
Traditionally the commercial fishermen in our area realized their impact on the fishery and were able to control their numbers by oiling their eggs.
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Cormorants are a huge problem around Collingwood/Georgian Bay. Put huge pressure on bait fish affecting trout/salmon fishing. I have them in my pond gorging on my fish. I fully support a hunt.
this past august while fishing on Sturgeon Lake I observed an estimated 150 cormorants.
3 years ago you would not see one of these invasive birds.
I might add in august of this year I did not catch one fish.
I support the hunting of these birds.
CFB.
I think establishing a method to provide quality control & positive population management over these fish eating birds will be a great step in protecting and advancing the outstanding fishery this area offers all users.
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I would love to see a season on these birds. The damage they are creating on the islands along the St. Lawrence and to the fish in general would be great reasons to attempt to control their populations that have exploded over recent years.
Not only do the birds decimate fish populations they destroy any areas they roost. They have turned islands into deserted wastelands on my home lake until the govt started harassing them. Now they go elsewhere until the fall and 100 th ok us and of them show up!
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I believe the double cormorants have done substantial damage to the environment due to their large numbers.
I have witnessed firsthand areas that I fish in the Bay of Quintie and Georgian Bay that have had all the vegetation destroyed due to cormorants.
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We are submitting this letter on behalf of the 1000 Islands Chapter of Delta Waterfowl 1000Island.Established 4 years ago, our membership covers the area between Bellville and Brockville.
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Cormorants are not a pest and they should be protected under the migratory birds act. There is no science to back this initiative. Just greed fueling this. Stinks of just wanting to make money off fishing. Is there anyone with concern for our environment left in government?
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The bag and possession limit seems excessively high. The hunting season should not extend into the nesting season leaving chicks vulnerable to starvation and predation. And for safety should not include the time of year when the majority of recreational boaters are on the water.
Action on reducing the cormorant numbers is long over due. I have a cottage on Balsam lake. Over the last 3 years I have seen the minnow population decline, and sunfish/ perch fishing almost non existent.
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The birds are a real nuisance, I live on the bays shore and see them all the time. The season should be open all year until the population is reduced substantially.
What is MNRF thinking with this proposal?? Please do not implement these regulation changes at least outside the Great Lakes basin. We do not need individuals boating around in summer months with shotguns shooting at and leaving behind dead birds to spoil.
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There is an over abundance of these birds flocks in the tens of thousands on Lake Ontario. They made the sky look there was a fire in early November about a km off the Grimsby shore. In the summer off Toronto Islands massive flocks.
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Recreational hunting is generally for a purpose, either to harvest meat or fur. The proposal for a recreational cormorant hunt does not serve either purpose, nor does it serve a population control function. It is killing for the sake of killing.
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This is insane. Have you people turned into psychopaths? These birds have just returned to a healthy population level after decades of conservation efforts. It has been shown that cormorants don't even eat the fish that the fishing/angling industry values.
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This sounds pretty outrageous to me. Do we really need further initiatives to hunt? I'm sure there are many other methods towards conservation and reducing cormorant numbers that can and should be taken. There are excellent schemes in place at Tommy Thompson Park.
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Mother nature is definitely out of balance when it comes to the double - crested cormorant. There are just too many of them and with no natural predators, we need a hunting season to bring their numbers under control.
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Finally! I am so glad to see that we are finally doing something to control these evasive non-native intruders! The damage done to trees and fish populations by these birds is terrible!
I am in big favour of a hunting season being created!
Thanks
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