So tired of hunters getting belittled by eco extremists. I live on Head Lake in the Kawartha’s. Why are politicians making wildlife decisions? I fish the BOQ and they kill a lot of the habitat on the islands with their feces. The Georgian Bay Association, which represents 3,000 families living along the northeastern arm of Lake Huron, said it isn’t troubled about the impact of cormorants on the ecosystem. The government plan may not seem to be science based but many municipalities along waterfronts are complaining about their water supplies being contaminated 2&3 Studies show … I have never seen a cormorant eat a goldfish or gobie, I have however witnessed a single cormorant dive, catch, surface and swallow 5 rainbow trout and salmon in less than 1 hour, studies can be misleading and manipulated 4. These birds and the doves that are also can be hunted , on my property no one that hunts there will be able to kill either bird !!!!! Other hunters will tidy up their own back yards and hopefully this will improve the situation. If you’d ever been to some of the Lake Erie Islands “before” and “after” cormorant invasions, you would agree that they need to be culled big time. you have no control over it,” she said, adding that enforcing bag limits is difficult. These politicians are butting into something they know nothing about. Multiple studies have shown cormorants primarily eat invasive species, rather than salmon or walleye. He also says the hunt seems wasteful — cormorants aren’t edible. Fraser also said she’s concerned that the government doesn’t appear to have set population targets for cormorants. A mass hunt of double-crested cormorant birds has been approved by the Ontario government, and now experts are trying to stop it. Hunters will always get the you know what end of the stick, when we are some of the best conservationists out there. ... Eighty per cent of their diet is invasive species like alewives and round gobies, he said. It’s disgusting that through their self created problems, they appoint themselves executioners when it is their lack of knowledge that created the issues in the first place and, as is the way of the human species, they can’t think beyond a bandaid solution and never learn from their mistakes.. Your article is very misleading. they grew really big, really fast …until the Muskie wiped them out as well… so then the MNR introduced Walleye to control the Muskie. Bottom fish is a 12 inch gizzard shad that was too big to swallow but ... including the smallmouth bass fishery on Lake Ontario. I am glad this bird is eating invasive fishes and most of the trees they happen to nest in are either Crack Willows, an invasive, or pioneer trees such as Eastern Cottonwood or Trembling Aspen. The Pelagic Cormorant and the Brandt's Cormorant can be seen along North American coastlines. These Cormorants are an indigenous species. The Government of Ontario, apparently. “The potential impacts to local fish populations, habitat, and other nesting waterbirds is well-documented in the primary scientific literature,” she said. Charitable registration # 10737 8952 RR0001. “A lot of our members were noticing that the islands and shorelines where cormorants roost really started to die off after a few years of cormorants being there.”, “We started pushing the government to do their own control program,” she added. (Head Lake is a small lake) It did well without us for millennia and it will continue to do so if we keep our interests to ourselves. “It’s not good natural resource management,” Fraser said. If you need proof of the destructive nature of these birds just come and visit our lake… In my opinion, the approved legislation is a good first step…although the results will need to be monitored carefully… As I typed this, some folks on a pontoon boat are blasting away at them not to far from our dock… not pleasant! Killing of Cormorants, at the rate of 15 per day, in the time span of 3 and a half months will greatly reduce the population of the bird. “We’re taking steps to help them deal with any local issues,” she said. French river pickerel river ,key river , NE Georgian Bay is FULL of these birds. Obviously very few of you have scuba dived in a body of water decimated by cormorants. While it may be true an occasional common loon may fall victim to the hunt, knowledgeable hunters will have no difficulty telling the difference between the two species of birds as their markings are quite different. I’m a hunter and proud of it, but I will not be hunting these birds. Evaluate! McLeod said he worries that humans think they know better than nature, an approach that can have unforeseen consequences. In response to your 7 good reasons – 1. I support cormorant management but it’s unfortunate that the government has chosen to use regulated hunting as the tool to do so. Wanton disregard for wildlife bothers me at any time, but in this case, dressing up the carnage as “protecting fish and wildlife habitat,” as the government has done, is particularly abhorrent. “Combined with historical data, trends suggest that cormorant populations are increasing in Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior and are stable on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Huron,” Kowalski said in the statement. Now the Ontario legislature is considering a bill that would put it, ⦠This slaughter isn’t any different than the excuse for the ministry to allow the hunt for wolves to so call protect caribou or the spring bear hunt that leaves so many bear cubs to perish. Or for greater impact, you could directly contact your MPP. It amazes me that this hunt is even going on. https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Invasive-Round-Goby-in-the-Diet-of-Nestling-Double-crested-Cormorants.pdf We felt privileged to witness this scene, it was an exceptional wildlife viewing experience that very few have ever seen close up. You could not possibly go there now due to the Cormorant flock that frequents it. Then shoot some more! The second paper, a 2004 report about cormorants at one provincial park in Ontario, recommends the birds be culled, but does not make mention of fish stocks. About 285,000 people currently hold the small game licence they’d need to hunt cormorants, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. As long as that is the case, then we don’t oppose it. They sometimes vomit when threatened. Hunters and their various conservation organizations do a lot more for all wildlife than a bunch of lazy whiny suburban Folks that don’t want to get their hands dirty and volunteer time or money to actually improve situations. Many of us wrote letters to the current Ontario Government objecting to the hunting of Double-crested Cormorants. When it comes to conservation, it’s the journey, not the destination…, 30 by 2030: Ten things you should know about Canada’s new protected areas targets. | Though McLeod said he’s not anti-hunting, he also said he questions the science behind it. “It’s an indication that the fish populations in the area that they’re nesting in are abundant and healthy.”. Growing up Cormorants were not in this area. Reason #1 â Cormorants are Invasive/Non-native to Ontario I donât know how this got started, but damn near everybody believes these birds donât belong here. Cormoran is the Cornish name of the sea giant in the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. By 1920, the Parakeet was extinct from the face of the Earth. Responsible legal hunters as you refer to them will harvest their cull and deliver them to a disposal facility or bury them. Following public consultation, the province approved a shorter cormorant hunting season from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31, and reduced the limit on cormorants that can be taken by a hunter to 15 per day. “What they decided to do instead was to institute a — I hesitate to call it a hunt, it’s more of a cull.”, The Ontario government first proposed the hunt last year. These birds are costing commercial fishermen, communities and the environment untold dollars in damage. The wild boars are becoming an issue too. Ontarioâs controversial new fall hunt for the double-crested cormorant has pitted outdoorsâ and sportsmenâs groups against naturalist and birding organizations. Professor Jim Quinn from McMaster University confirms that studies he has been involved with reveal that cormorants are feeding mostly on problem fish such as round goby and alewife. Cormorants were almost wiped out by the insecticide DDT in the 1950s and â60s. Cormorant colonies have degraded many island habitats, forcing other animals to move on. Southern Ontario OverviewWith urban sprawl currently stretching from Oshawa to Hamilton and Niagara, and with growth estimates projecting approximately 4 million additional Ontarians for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) by 2031, healthy watersheds, intact wildlife habitat, and prime near-urban agricultural land are all being threatened by on-going urban sprawl. https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Double-crested-Cormorant-Following-the-Round-Goby-Invasion.pdf They are not destroying whole ecosystems as some would have us believe. 4. 7. in that time they’ve deforested two islands and destroyed the fish stock… There’s over a 150 of them! “We've heard concerns from property owners, hunters and anglers, and commercial fishers about the kind of damage cormorants have caused in their communities, so we're taking steps to help them deal with any local issues,” said Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry John Yakabuski in a July 31 statement. Anglers know them as the bird whose numbers blew up in the 1980s after tapping into a nearly bottomless supply of the invasive alewife. I agree that these types of decisions should be mostly placed onto the scientific environmental protection organizations. They ‘seed’ turkeys and wonder why their numbers have grown exponentially. Also, just as a note, all the hunters I know have a very healthy appreciation for wildlife, nature and the environment. Few people consider cormorants to be edible. Double-crested cormorants don’t have a lot of fans. It’s criminal, but people will call it progress. When I start to see less of them and not more (which has been the case for decades) I’ll be convinced the population growth of these birds are adequately controlled. EVER! steep declines because of exposure to environmental contaminants, based more on socio-political than on ecological factors, https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/10137878-ontario-s-newly-announced-fall-hunt-a-hate-on-for-cormorants-/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwjksUczSTo&t=14s&fbclid=IwAR32LtVzepcmpmMvuqxvBGxRrHTNFcxK08pHA9NzU7tVJwWR6ak3kmRX_gY, https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Diet-Shift-of-Double-crested-Cormorants.pdf, https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Double-crested-Cormorant-Following-the-Round-Goby-Invasion.pdf, https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Eating-the-Invaders.pdf, https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/From-Yellow-Perch-to-Round-Goby.pdf, https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Invasive-Round-Goby-in-the-Diet-of-Nestling-Double-crested-Cormorants.pdf, The Scourge of the Birding Facebook Group: Cormorants – CanadianWoodcock.com, https://www.change.org/p/ontario-minister-of-natural-resources-and-forestry-john-yakabuski-stop-the-fall-hunt-of-double-crested-cormorants-in-ontario. Fall Harvest for Double-Crested Cormorants Introduced to Protect Local Ecosystems. Ontarioâs controversial new fall hunt for the double-crested cormorant has pitted outdoorsâ and sportsmenâs groups against naturalist and birding organizations. In light of their destructive nature, not only on the environment but also on the bait fishing industry, the government has announced there will be a fall hunt of the cormorant. your subscription today. Our mandate is not to actively support hunting, but to ensure that the hunting that does occur is sustainable, humane and does not compromise the ecological health of wildlife habitats, populations or species. Some studies have shown that cormorants tend to feast on invasive fish species, rather than the ones humans like to eat. Sydenham River Nature Reserve Restoration, The Art of Giving: Finding Gratification through Nature. FYI do your research on the damage they have already done in the Georgian Bay area. I’m not sure how successful a hunt will be as cormorants tend to keep their distance from people, they are not culling or blowing up cormorant nesting areas as they did in Oregon. Low light conditions would be the greatest problem in differentiating them. Dear Adam, Ontario Nature’s job is to advance the conservation of wild species and wild spaces. Hunters are required to retrieve and dispose of any cormorants that they shoot. The most aggressive technique they use involves knocking down cormorant nests using long poles, Chreston said. “It’s not like I’m a renegade for the protection of cormorants… I don’t think any amount of hunting will affect them that much,” McLeod said. I am on the South Channel of Georgian Bay and about 10 years we were infested with them. Some countries today still rely on bird guano for fertilizer, a practice that reaches back to the time of the Incas. Cormorants are migratory birds, leaving eastern Ontario for the Atlantic Ocean in the fall, and returning in the spring. The province didn’t provide targets or explain the lack of them when asked by Canada’s National Observer. What’s worse in your mind? The area was totally wiped out of fish. Changes to Ontarioâs wildlife law threatens science based decisions and conservation, Blog. I will be taking my shotgun when I am out fishing and shooting as many as I can. “Everybody knows that cormorants are not a delicacy by any means,” he said. so then the MNR introduced large mouth bass…. Nature always suffers at the hands of human greed, inconvenience or ignorance. “The chance of someone actually shooting 15 cormorants per day for the entirety of the season is almost nonexistent,” Tonelli said. I also agree with the comment that states this mission is driven by cottage associations and people who do not necessairly want to look at the decrepid scenery these birds leave in their wake. Cormorants are considered an invasive species on Manitoulin Island and in other areas of Ontario. I have worked and lived on Southern Georgian Bay and the Trent Severn area for most of my life. Few people may eat them, but some may. 5. Was fishing on a beautiful day on Lake Ontario this summer when we came about a kilometre from a small(formerly beautiful) bleached white island and then the light wind hit my nostrils and I almost threw up in my mouth the stench was so overwhelming. "Cormorant" is a contraction derived either directly from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven" or through Brythonic Celtic. The government’s approach is not science-based. “There’s a whole generation of people that never saw cormorants while they were out on the water,” Fraser said. The black waterbird bird mostly ate the invasive round goby instead ⦠Standing as tall as the average toddler, they have distinctive S-shaped necks, dark plumage and orange skin around their beaks. The MNR in their infinite wisdom introduced Muskies. Makes me sick. Some also say the cormorants have been unfairly maligned, and that there are better ways to control the population. “We end up time and time again doing things we shouldn’t have. Here’s what you as an individual can do to express your objection to this unfortunate hunt. Hi Mireille, we agree there have been site-specific impacts (such as in Lake Erie islands). Ontarioâs Planned Cormorant Hunt â Setting The Record Straight Posted on August 10, 2020 by dougdraper | 1 Comment The ugly truth is that from September 15 to December 31, anyone with a shotgun and a hunting licence (in Ontario) will be able to kill up to 15 cormorants a day. You’ll be thanking us later. https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Diet-Shift-of-Double-crested-Cormorants.pdf “Fishers should celebrate the existence of large colonies of cormorants,” said Liz White, a board member with the Animal Alliance of Canada who has campaigned against the cormorant hunt. Their guano can kill trees and other vegetation, which can take many years to grow back after cormorants leave the area. Many people don't like double-crested cormorants, but scientists and advocates say the birds have been unfairly maligned. We apply this method and op-portunistic collection of regurgitated fish to deter-mine fish species abundance in the diet of nestling cormorants in three breeding colonies in Hamilton Harbour, western Lake Ontario. I am getting pretty sick of the blame being laid at hunters feet for such decisions just as I am with the useless gun bans being pushed thru in order to make it look like the Government is doing something about the completely unrelated, illegal firearms (mostly pistols) being used in shootings in cities. 6. Ontarioâs cormorant hunt evokes praise, concern locally. We humans could be said to be useless to the environment we happen to be wondering about on and trampling on. The lake seemed to stabilize until about 15 years ago when the Cormorants first showed up…. Anne Bell has been directing Ontario Nature’s conservation and education programs since 2007. Commonly found in fresh and salt water across North America, this relative of pelicans is an expert at diving to catch small fish. Do you even know what the word means? Sincerely- A local conservationist, Thank you everyone for your concerns on this issue! Andrea Chreston, a project manager for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) who works on managing cormorants at Tommy Thompson Park along the city’s shoreline, said rising numbers of cormorants there haven’t noticeably harmed fish populations. “Using hunting as a way to control the population…. Pity the double-crested cormorant. The government talks of their destructive behavior towards the environment and the fishing industry yet, these calls to action are instigated by the Ontario anglers and hunters…whose main goal is to have no competition in their ‘sport’. At a time when the world’s biodiversity is suffering, Ontario should be proud of this success story. There is a common myth that [â¦] The permission is overdue. And then I saw the swarms of cormorants blackening the horizon as they like to fly a few feet above the water. Some studies have shown that cormorants tend to feast on invasive fish species, rather than the ones humans like to eat. As a hunter and OFAH member I have long been involved in environmental projects that improve our world. Controlling or managing wildlife by just shooting them for no other reason then reducing the population is a disgrace to wildlife. Goldfish are an incredibly invasive species and damage ponds and ecosystems quite quickly. This is one writer’s take on this issue. Have humans not destroyed enough wildlife already? 7. As it is written, the Ford governmentâs plan would allow hunters to kill as many as 50 cormorants per day. COVID-19 lockdowns helped clear our air. Some states south of the border listed cormorants as endangered. Required fields are marked *, 214 King Street West, Suite 612 Toronto, ON M5H 3S6, © 2010 — 2020 Ontario Nature. The park’s cormorant population has grown, but damage to the tree canopy doesn't appear to be increasing. They are beloved by birdwatchers which is a billion dollar industry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwjksUczSTo&t=14s&fbclid=IwAR32LtVzepcmpmMvuqxvBGxRrHTNFcxK08pHA9NzU7tVJwWR6ak3kmRX_gY. There is no requirement for hunters to report what they’ve killed. Nipissing First Nation Chief Scott McLeod, who has more than 25 years of fishery experience, told Canada’s National Observer in an interview that cormorants haven’t had an impact on the nation’s fishery. It is sick. Cormorant populations in Ontario have grown well above their historic numbers thanks to human caused introduction of alewife and round goby into the Great Lakes. I consent to receive emails from Ontario Nature. In the 1960s, double-crested cormorants started vanishing rapidly from the Great Lakes. If 1 per cent of Ontario hunters kill a total of 50 cormorants over the entire hunting season, the double-crested cormorant will be eradicated from the Great Lakes before Starbucks releases its pumpkin-spiced lattes. I recently killed & butchered a whole cow for the first time and for anybody who has not had to do so I can relate that it was hard, hard disgusting work that took days. There is no population management objective or target. Double-crested cormorants like to feast on alewife, an invasive baitfish species in Lake Ontario that has helped fuel the exponential increase in cormorant numbers in Toronto. Even with some modifications in response to public feedback, the plan is deeply flawed, said Fraser, who also said it amounts to a cull. Why is it any more acceptable to kill cormorants for no good reason than to kill giraffes, lions, or any other wild creature? https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/From-Yellow-Perch-to-Round-Goby.pdf “We really see this season, especially since it overlaps with waterfowl season, as a way for people who are already out waterfowl hunting to maybe remove a few cormorants while they’re out.”. Even though invasive fish may be common in cormorant diets, the consumption of native fish can still create population-level consequences. The only thing I wish you could update if possible, is if you could add suggestions if this situation needs to be balanced with some kind of scientifically valid actions on our part. On Sep 24, 2020. At least hunters have the fortitude to face the ugly work of procuring their meat right from the source. As public awareness about the effects of DDT grew and stricter regulations came in, use of the chemical decreased and cormorants began to recover. Hunting any birds — including ducks, geese, cranes — is cruel, anti-nature, macho and mindless. Staff realized the need to manage the birds in 2007 after they began to cause serious damage to the park’s tree canopy, Chreston said. The TRCA worked with scientists and the public to come up with a plan to encourage cormorants to nest on the ground, rather than in undamaged trees. Is it too much to ask that wildlife management be based on fact, not fiction? https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/10137878-ontario-s-newly-announced-fall-hunt-a-hate-on-for-cormorants-/ and “This is labour intensive, but it’s quite successful.”. The birds will also likely scatter and fly away if hunters are shooting at their colony, she added. I for one do not wish to see the Double-crested Cormorant go the way of the Carolina Parakeet. One writer stated that Double-crested Cormorants are a useless bird. The earliest nesting record for cormorants in Ontario is from Black Bay in Lake Superior in 1920. Every one of these distructive birds should b shot. Cormorants also eat a lot of fish, and anglers have long viewed them as competition. non-invasive technique of manual abdominal palpa-tion to stimulate regurgitation of stomach contents by cormorant chicks. Cormorant populations did indeed rebound, to the point of excess, if they have stabilized or declined it likely because the areas they inhabit cannot support their abundance and they compete with other waterfowl for food often driving other birds such as loons to less productive areas. Property owners already have recourse, under section 31 of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, to harass, capture or kill cormorants if they’re causing or are about to cause property damage. By the early ’70s, just 130 nesting pairs were recorded on the Great Lakes, with the birds completely absent on the American side. Until armchair critics are willing to get out & experince & do what the average hunter does they should realize their opinions hold no water! Oppose the senseless slaughter of cormorants, Action Alert, January 3 2019, Changes to Ontario’s wildlife law threatens science based decisions and conservation, Blog. You may agree or disagree which is your prerogative. Photo courtesy Gail Fraser. From 2003 to 2007, researchers estimate that the cormorant ate 13 million fewer yellow perch and 600,000 fewer smallmouth bass in two large Lake Ontario cormorant colonies. You might have heard the Ontario government has announced that small game hunters will be allowed to kill 15 cormorants per day beginning September 15th and ending on December 31st. Me shooting a deer or grouse or duck in a season or the whole area being levelled, paved and stacked with townhouses where nothing natural lives? Very simpley they r of no use. Critics question the science behind the hunt, with some saying it lacks proper population targets and the bag limit is too high. Double-crested Cormorants are not new to Ontario; they are known to have been a resident of Lake of the Woods since 1798. I have, and they eat anything and everything. At Tommy Thompson in Toronto, the conservation authority decided to use non-lethal methods to control cormorants. The Great Cormorant lives along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean from Labrador down to the tip of Florida. Other types of birds prefer to nest near them, Fraser said. In southern Ontario’s Point Pelee National Park, for example, cormorants have been culled in an effort to protect rare species officials say were threatened by cormorant guano. That’s not the point. Cormorants are also a conservation success story in Ontario, having bounced back after a dramatic decline in the late 20th century. “We will continue to monitor the cormorant population status and trends to support sustainability of cormorants in the province,” she said. You “activists” get those cameras ready for our fall hunt on these invasive species. How can we keep it? This remarkably resilient bird has long been in governmentâs crosshairs. function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} That’s more than the breeding population of 143,000, which the province identified through monitoring last year. The open season runs from September 15 to December 31, and the harvest limit is 15 birds per day. Shoot ‘em!
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