But nature tends—as the cormorants and other birds are—to be far more robust and better at looking after itself than many people suggest.
I am also aware of the large rise in the cormorant population.
Licences can be issued only to scare and not to cull, and then only when there is clear evidence that damage is caused by cormorants.
Would it not be desirable to consider other measures to bring a permanent cross-border reduction in cormorant numbers?
The only possible case for limiting the number of cormorants is if they do that.
The situation in cormorants actually makes the establishment of symmetrical competition more difficult.
The parasite attains maturity in piscivorous birds such as cormorants and pelicans.
Another example of the absurd bureaucracy with which we are involved is the protection of cormorants and other such birds.
