Abstract
Ontario’s decision for the province-wide cull of Double-crested Cormorants
Highlights
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the convention between the United States and Canada to protect migratory birds in North America, Linda Wires published an invited editorial in this journal titled “Migratory bird protection, a crack in the armor: the case of the Double-crested Cormorant” (Wires 2015)
I have spent a career investigating the ecology of a wide array of avian species including the Double-crested Cormorant (Hobson et al 1989) and have advocated more scientific approaches to the study of cormorant diets (Hobson 2009)
The massive killing of cormorants in the province will provide a large scientific sample of tissues of birds to be examined for their diet, contaminant loads, etc., but I doubt that will be the case
Summary
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the convention between the United States and Canada to protect migratory birds in North America, Linda Wires published an invited editorial in this journal titled “Migratory bird protection, a crack in the armor: the case of the Double-crested Cormorant” (Wires 2015). In Canada the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (MBCA) was passed in 1917, while in the United States the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) was passed in 1918 These acts resulted in the implementation of the convention in each country and provided protection under the law to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs. This protection represents a milestone internationally in bird conservation efforts. As her title suggested, the Doublecrested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) was one species that received no such national protection as a result of this treaty, a decision that reflected hundreds of years of persecution. Canada’s response to cormorant “control” reflected provincial government actions primarily of Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec.
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