As food banks in Ontario face record-breaking demand and hunters wind down hunting season with freezers full of deer and moose meat, some advocates for food access are calling on the province to allow food banks to accept wild game donations.
Ecology cautions against overgeneralizing the impact of cormorants on fish populations because what the birds feed on differs by available species, the age and size of the fish they eat, and where they feed in their respective territories.
Outdoors enthusiasts around Newfoundland have been talking about what seems to be an increase in cormorants, which some believe can hurt freshwater fish stocks. Gord Follett says N.L. should look to Ontario for guidance on a hunt.