As any real waterfowl hunter…

As any real waterfowl hunter would know, any kind of cormorant tastes terrible - very fishy (obviously as their diets are fish). So, the only reason anyone would want to kill one is just to kill something. I am an ornithologist and have worked in wildlife law enforcement. Hunters also kill mergansers which are legal but mostly by accident or just desperate to shoot something - certainly not to eat and many are just thrown away. This is not conservation or sportsmanship. Please keep the double-crested cormorants under the protection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.