Cormorants eat fish so Fed. shots them!

“"CULLING:More than half of the bird's population has been wiped out on Leech Lake; more will be shot. ...
The culling program was a joint effort of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The USDA's animal damage control division did the shooting."
Federal shooters take aim at cormorants

"Because the birds are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, their nests and eggs cannot be disturbed, and the birds cannot be captured or shot, unless a depredation permit is first obtained from the Service."
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS AND FISHERIES IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN
Fact Sheet

So who benefits from this? The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will now have more fish for themselves and they will have more money from fishing activities such as guided fishing trips, sales of bait and fishing equipment, food and lodging facilities.
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“cormorants taste like chicken


or... Peking Duck.... if you ad soy sauce and orange peel”