Cormorants

[rrhyne56]

there are multiple facets to most every story. Cormorants can indeed descend upon a small body of water and wreak havoc. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department operates a hatchery in Athens TX. The staff there have told the story of cormorants coming in and wiping out whole ponds of stock. They maintain a shotgun patrol to protect the hatchery. This would be a case where the birds could have an adverse impact on a system. If I had a small pond that I maintained for family fishing I would not want cormorants attending. On the other hand, a large reservoir like Texoma, I can't see how cormorants could have an adverse affect on that fishery.

Like coyotes and any other predators, they just need to stay away from my stock and all will be OK in my book.

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RRhyne56
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Soooo;(I'll try ro behave JC)
shooting the birds 'cause they eat fish huh?
think about this:
if man had not interfered in the first place natural predation cycles would have nature balanced the way it was intended.
now I'm no bunny hugger/PETA supporter BUT
in the words of Alice Cooper"man has ruled as a stumbling demented child king long enough..."leave the poor birds to do what they were designed to do.
I know from experience that in the Uk there is very little natural wilderness left but who's fault is that?the cormorants?or maybe the foxes?
Adam