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Cormorants arent eating the sport fish researchers
gg270 
 		    03/07/2006 19:52
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This thread discusses the Content article: Cormorants aren't eating the sport fish: researchers

You gotta be s----ing me!!! This is a perfect example of showing that just because someone is a biologist doesn't mean he's any good at it...It's obvious he doesn't have a clue on what a food chain is... But in all seriousness, this is the kind of article that PETA will latch on to and make enough noise to delay things on effective cormorant control...
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Re:Cormorants aren't eating the sport fish: researchers
salmonhead 
 		  Port: Muskegon, South Haven   03/07/2006 20:42
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unreal. how can you hold a job and be that clueless at the same time? simply amazing.


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Re:Cormorants aren't eating the sport fish: researchers
BFG 
 		  Port: Anchor Point, Lake Erie   03/08/2006 08:14
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Umm....hello...Earth to McMaster....get out on the water and watch what the cormorants are doing...

While perching on Erie...it is not uncommon to see the darn things feeding in the same area you are fishing....coming up with perch and then swallowing them down in front of you...

They've gotta go....at least some of them anyway.


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Re:Cormorants aren't eating the sport fish: researchers
WingNut 
 		    03/08/2006 17:16
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Holy Wah!!! The term educated idiot seems to fit this situation nicely. Ok, for the sake of argument lets say that the research reflects some fragment of reality. Given that, this excerpt from the article should be paid close attention to: "The 3,500 pairs that nested around Burlington Bay last year chowed down on smelt, alewives and round gobies, not trout,...". Chowed down on smelt and alewives... Cormorants are over populated and now research proves they eat smelt and alewives? Hello people!!! Smelt and alewives are the main food source for many so called "desirable species". Maybe the birds don't eat the desirable species directly (yeah right ) but if they scarf up the baitfish that keep the trout and salmon population alive, don't they in fact kill many more than if they did eat them directly???? I'm no biologist and don't claim to be but this isn't rocket science either. I have personally witnessed a pair of cormorants feed on fish non-stop for 2-1/2 hours, one after another before finally flying off. I don't want to see these bird eradicated. I just want to see the exploding population brought back into check.
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Re:Cormorants aren't eating the sport fish: researchers
salmonhead 
 		  Port: Muskegon, South Haven   03/09/2006 10:17
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eridicatioin wouldnt be all bad. we have seagulls to clean the beaches. Cormorants can live in the ocean where they came from.
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