Ontario’s Double-crested Cormorant hunting season may be ineffective but that doesn’t mean there are no conflict issues

Avian Conservation and Ecology

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Brian S. Dorr¹  David G. Fielder²  James R. Jackson³  James F. Farquhar⁴  Douglas W. Schultz⁵  Randall M. Claramunt² 

[1]U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center

[2]Michigan Department of Natural Resources

[3]Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

[4]New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Fish

[5]Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

关键词: cormorants;    Laurentian Great Lakes;    management;    Ontario;    policy;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ACE-02249-170211

学科分类：口腔科学

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

After reading Hobson (2021) and the follow-up editorial byCooke (2021), we were compelled to clear up somemisunderstandings regarding Double-crested Cormorant(Nannopterum auritum, hereafter “cormorant”) management toaddress predation issues on fisheries resources. As researchers andmanagers who have been actively involved in cormorant-relatedresearch, management, and policy development for decades, weoffer an alternative perspective on this controversial issue. This isnot a rebuttal per se, because we agree with Hobson’s and Cooke’sprincipal opinion that management with a province-wide fallhunting season is a poor method of addressing cormorantconflicts. We do, however, take exception to some of theassertations they make as the reasoning for that opinion. Thissituation provides an opportunity to address misconceptionsabout cormorant and fishery interactions, summarize the currentstate of knowledge on the issue, and discuss a different approachbased on collective experience in the United States.

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