This is a travesty - birds that are 'inedible' being shot and killed as much as skeet...in fact if hunters want to have target practices, then they might try skeet as an alternative.
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As a hunter my standard has been not to shoot anything I wasn't going to eat. I am ready to change that standard to reduce the negative impact the cormorants are having on the environment. As a fisherman, I've experienced poor catch results due to impacted baitfish populations.
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I think this is a great idea. My home town of Hamilton has been overrun with these pests along the waterfront. Not sure how this would affect this local population because discharging a firearm where they are around the lift bridge wouldn't be permissable.
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For years the cormorant problem has gotten worse. In Irondequoit bay you can see several hundreds flying around. They have destroyed tress and landscapes with their feces and i have seen a decline int fish population as well. If left uncontrolled the damage could be hard to fix.
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I do believe the hunting season is a step in the fight against the Cormorants, but maybe in the wrong direction. They should be listed as a pest so they can be shot all year long, like Crows.We need an education program to teach people how to oil eggs an destroy nests.
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I don't remember these birds being around from 1950's to 1970's. I remeber on a fishing charter 20 years ago by Pele Island... everything was dead on I believe the south shore. It was terrible. Since then I see more and more commorants flying in larger flocks all the time. I mostly fish the St.
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These birds are invasive species by definition. They destroy trees and vegetation on islands, create a foul odour, and are disruptive to local native creatures. They pilfer a region then move on.
Nothing wrong with a hunting season on cormorants. The sooner the better.
We live here on Balsam lake and over the years we can easily see the impact these Cormorants have had and are having .. they have killed off a small island and have had a profound impact on fish reduction .. quite devastating actually. While we are not fond of hunters with guns on our lake ..
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I think the hunting of Cormorants is a good way to cull the number of this invasive species. There are way too many of them and they do not seem to have natural predators.
I think the proposed hunting season on cormorants is absolutely necessary.
Over the last decades on Lake St Francis and Summerstown area, the cormorants have stripped the island's forests of all their vegetation and forced out all the nesting Blue Herons and egrets.
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I see Ontario is going the way of the Trump Administration - ignoring all science and facts, and instead supporting the financial interests of a particular industry (in this case fishing.) Shame on you for being as ignorant as Trump. DO NOT KILL THE CORMORANTS !!!
The Cormorant population on Balsam Lake has exploded in recent years. I have been on the lake for over 60 years. From seeing none at all years ago to a population reaching epidemic proportions something must be done.
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My Family have owned and loved our Balsam Lake Cottage for 30 years.
As my children have grown up, our boat cruises on Balsam, always take us by “Commerant Island”
We have watched from spring, through summer and fall, the devastation and destruction of the trees and foliage each year.
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