Cormorants are, like all other bird species, very important in the food web.
They are certainly not the source of the problem of low fish stocks....humans are! We need to focus on gathering better research and an understanding of the natural cycles of fish poulations to influence our quotas.
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This is a very necessary decision to control the population of cormorants. As a person who has watched over the last 10 years,the cormorants breed unchecked, destroy all vegetation in the areas that they live and feed en masse, I fully support the need to manage their population numbers.
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This seems wrong-headed and is not "wildlife management". This is more like a piece of the war on wildlife. No possession limit, 50 per day seems like an unregulated hunt to me.
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Dear Sir/ Madame,
It is inconceivable that the purposed Cormorant hunt would allow a hunter
to kill 50 Cormorants a day and leave their bodies to rot or even worse to die slowly
because they have only been wounded. What becomes of the nestlings? This hunt
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It is an embarrassment at how quickly my government is willing to slaughter a group of animals because they are deemed an annoyance by a small group.
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Please do not allow indiscriminate hunting. Please ensure that research is done. If they are truly a major problem then remove safely and humanely. Humans are destroying our ecological balance by being so self entitled.
I am against letting the general public cull Double-Crested Cormorants. If a population reduction method is used it should be by oiling eggs and only done by park staff or MNR agents
Please do not open a hunting season on the Cormorant. They are important for the ecosystem and beautiful, quirky birds to watch.
Please do not open this destructive hunt.
Thank You
I live on Sunny Lake, Gravenhurst, Ontario for over 20 years. There used to be loon pairs on this lake every summer. Cormorants have pushed them out and now there are no loons anymore. Only cormorants and geese.
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I oppose this hunting proposal because it is scientifically baseless. Allowing hunters to bag 50 Double-crested cormorants a day during a 9 month period could very well eradicate the Great Lakes population which is only estimated to be around 250,000 individuals.
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Proposal: ERO number 013-4124
Dear Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry:
I am a Canadian citizen, an Ontario resident, and a taxpayer who is vehemently opposed to the proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario (ERO number 013-4124).
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Bill 205 is just another in the long history of wildlife "management" efforts to eliminate elements of the natural world that become inconvenient to humans, viz. cormorants. They're bothering the rich people in their cottages and raiding their fisheries, messing with their sport fishery.
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I am an avid hunter and a “birder” and I find this proposed regulation concerning, ridiculous and I am opposed to opening a hunting season for cormorants the way it is proposed. Below are some of my concerns/reasons.
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I object to the proposal for the following reasons:
1. The proposal does not include any scientific evidence or justification indicating the need for this new hunting population management tool
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List Cormorants as a game species that can be killed under the authority of a small game licence.
Retable Bill 205 to include double-crested cormorants in the list of birds in Clause 5 (2) (a) of the Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act to remove existing protections.
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Greetings. As a resident of Oro Medonte living on Lake Simcoe I simply cannot understand why the Province would permit such a kill without scientific research.
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I disagree with the proposal and think that it should not proceed for the following reasons:
1. The proposal does not include any scientific evidence or justification indicating the need for this new hunting population management tool
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