Hello, I am against opening a hunting season on cormorants. If there is a well-behaved colony of a dozen birds, there is no reason they should be hunted.
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This is an interesting proposal, and probably not many hunters will be interested because hunting isn't about killing, and these birds won't be palatable at all.
Therefore, the folks interested will be those who are feeling a direct impact to their property or potentially their livelihood.
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Hopefully this comes into effect. It’s a huge problem. Has been for far too long. Islands of destruction , Seagull nesting rock by cottage attacked. Taken over. First it starts with one or two. Then many many more. All they do is fish all day long.
As a hunter, I believe the suggested bag limit and season for the proposed cormorant hunt to be over generous, especially in combination with an amendment to our current game regulations modifying wanton waste laws to allow for the spoilage of the carcasses.
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I highly agree with this proposal. the Double-Crested Cormorant population is making a huge dent in our fisheries population. These birds need to be managed and that means putting a season on them because they are severely hurting our fish population here in Ontario.
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I cant see it being effective. How many cormorants are there now? How will you know how many are harvested yearly ?
I have been hunting for 45 years and know allot of hunters . How many do you think will go and hunt them ? None I have talked to. Does the MNRF consider them edible?
This seems like a spectacularly stupid idea very cynically presented:
- Cormorant reputedly tastes awful
- Cormorants are about as much of a challenge to shoot as cardboard ducks in a shooting gallery
- Cormorants do not eat game fish - they are too big
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I am very familiar with the cormorant problem in Ontario. Muskrat Island in Sturgeon Lake is very heavily populated by this bird in the summer months. Due to the small size of this island the large flock has completely devastated the vegetation with their excrement.
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This proposal is long overdue. Cormorants have a detrimental impact on Ontario's fisheries, both commercial and recreational, despite other measures to control their population.
I am extremely concerned to learn about this brutal and unjustified proposal to kill cormorants. The impetus for this proposal resides in the ignorance of many people who unjustifiably blame this magnificent bird for an array of sins.
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The cormorant is a native Ontario Water bird that has fought its way back from the brink of extinction due to hunting and carelessness. To make them available for hunting would be a short sighted and regressive act.
There are lots of "white" islands on the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers thanks to the thousands of these pests. About time for a cull. I fish a lot on both Rivers and used to have a shore lunch on some of these islands. You can't do that now for sanitary reasons and the odour is horrific.
I am very much against the proposal to hunt the cormorants. Besides being cruel to the birds, I am worried that all those carcasses left behind will bring disease into the hunting areas. Also, I worry that the hunters will kill loons, which look very similar.
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Evidence suggests there is not an overabundance of double crested cormorants in Ontario by historical standards.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1675/1524-4695%282006%2929%5B9%3AHPOTDC%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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I am opposed to the proposed legislation that would allow the hunting of double crested cormorants. The birds have recovered from very low numbers and are reesgabloshing themselves in their historical range.
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This is nonsense. They eat fish we don't eat.
Who wants hunters shooting at will around the lake and river? What about the herons, egrets, eagles, cranes, seagulls habitat
This will be devasting for tourism and existing bird life.
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