Hi Everyone,
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to establish a new permit system for State and federally recognized Tribal wildlife agencies for the management of double-crested
Cormorants. The new permit would authorize specific take activities that are intended to relieve or prevent impacts from cormorants on lands within State or Tribal jurisdictions to address conflicts with:
Wild and publicly stocked fish stocked by State or Tribal agencies
Tribal and State-owned or operated aquaculture facilities including hatcheries
Human health and safety
State or Tribal-owned property and assets
Threatened and endangered species
The Service would retain ultimate authority for regulating the take of cormorants. The States and Tribes would have the discretion to determine whether, when, where, and for which of the above purposes they would conduct the lethal take within limits and allocations set by the Service. The proposed rule is attached. Written comments will be accepted until July 20, 2020 at the following link https://www.regulations.gov/document?D= ... -0103-1411. There is a comment button on the upper right hand side of the page. If you want to view the over 2,000 comments that have already been submitted on this issue you may click the following link, https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrows ... -0103-1411
The Fisheries Division and the Wildlife Division have been reviewing this new proposal and there are some concerns that they will be commenting on. The current proposal is very strong on cormorant protections but it does not clearly demonstrate how the fishery impacts will be comprehensively addressed in Michigan. In addition, under the proposal there would be no control implemented on federal properties including Sugar, and Scarecrow Islands located in Thunder Bay near Alpena, and Big and Little Charity Islands located in Saginaw Bay. It is recommended that individuals and organizations respectfully submit comments on the proposal stressing the importance of protecting free swimming fish and pointing out your experiences dealing with the cormorants.
Randy Claramunt and I are working with Brandon Schroeder and Meaghan Gass, both from Michigan Sea Grant to have a virtual Zoom Tuesday August 11 Lake Huron Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee meeting. I will be providing more details over the next couple of weeks. Our plan is to have a practice session for those that want to become more familiar with Zoom meetings.
Frank
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