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Cormorant Reporting ROSE MARINE SERVICE

We see a lot of cormorants, who love to eat our perch, mostly Boat & Engine Sales / Advanced Certified Service Center
near St.
Clair Shores www.rosemarineservice.com
and out by
the shipping Professional service with family
channel. So values for over 40 years
I contact-
ed Karen LAKOEUSTTB.OCALRADIRD'SELAALRERGEST
Cleveland, SERVICE CENTER
All-Bird
Biologist at Bulk Oil 586-716-9600
the Michi- Marine Parts
gan DNR Trailer Sales
and asked if
7321 Dyke Road (M29), Clay Township, MI 48001
anything preventative was being done on Lake St. Clair, since
I knew of colony reductions that have been happening in the Single?
Northern Great Lakes for the last several years.
Meet boating singles...
Karen said our local DNR field staff were not aware of any sig- visit our website @
nificant cormorant problems, although bird harrassment is con-
ducted at our fish stocking sites at Algonac and Port Huron to www.SailingSinglesClub.com
protect the newly stocked fish.

However, I did some further research on the DNR's website
where annual Fisheries Status Reports are posted for Lake St.
Clair and the St. Clair/Detroit Rivers. The DNR works with our
charter fishermen to report when they fish, and what they catch.
Looking thru the last 11 years, it appears that perch production
is actually much lower than previous years. Not sure why, but if
you are concerned, you can report sightings of concentrations of
cormorants at the DNR's website at any time to start building a
database for our area at www.dnr.state.mi.us/cormorantobs/.

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