This has been a long time coming. Thanks for taking some action. The stench from the cormorant colony on the breakwall in port colborne is overwhelming in summer. There must be some effect on water quality for all municipalities sourcing water from the great lakes system.
I would like a cull but worry about leaving the dead birds near the water to rot. Would it not pose a botulism threat. Similarly the limit and length of the season seems excessive.
I would like a cull but worry about leaving the dead birds near the water to rot. Would it not pose a botulism threat. Similarly the limit and length of the season seems excessive.
I am strongly opposed to this proposal. Culls are not effective conservation or wildlife management. This particular proposal is very problematic and ill-advised.
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I object strongly to shooting these cormorants indiscriminately, and leaving the bodies to rot, and likely leaving sick and injured birds, as well as nestlings that will starve.
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I highly recommend a hunting season on the Cormorants and any other voracious fishers in the Kawartha Lakes. This year we have witnessed the total destruction of an entire island and the flocks are growing out of control.
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I don't think the cormorants should be on the hunting list. From what I've read about these birds is that they eat the Goby Fish that invade the inland waters of the Great Lakes. A person cannot eat the Cormorants, so leave them be.
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This should have been implamented years ago and the fishing industry for sport fishing would not have been jeprodized by these birds that eat small fry by the dozens everyday.You have done the research and that number is small compared to the amount that are feeding in all our lakes.
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As a seasonal resident of Manitoulin Island, I strongly support this proposal to allow a hunting season for double breasted cormorants in Ontario. Over the past 20 years, I have seen a huge decline in sport fishery catches.
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We have seen increasing numbers of cormorants on inland lakes around our camp as they have stripped their fishing grounds on the great lakes. They also compete with loons for food supply and destroy islands where they nest.
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The concerns identified by some groups seem to be based on general observations and hypothesis rather than science. A complete environmental assessment should be completed including a well-established baseline population number before this “hunt” is approved.
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Every reason that you give for murdering these birds is more aptly applied to humans, do you propose a similar cull for the over blown human population, who are far more destructive than any other species even to their own species survival,
I would fully support the establishment of a hunting season for the double breasted cormorant. The devastation that they have created to the fishing industry in the north channel of lake Huron and the inner lakes. The perch and smelt fisheries were literally wiped out 15 to 20 years ago.
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