The Double Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax Auritus And Its Relation to the Sal
The Double Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax Auritus And Its Relation to the Sal
P a Percy Algernon Taverner
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On the coast, about Perce, the cormorants certainly do the fishermen a certain amount of injury. It is not the salmon in- dustries that are affected here but the cod-fishing. During a large part of the season the codfishers rely altogether upon her- ring for bait and for this purpose the herring nets are set nightly. When these fish are abundant the toll taken by cormorants is not noticeable, but when, as regularly occurs, herring are scarce, 12 MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 13. the birds go to the nets ...and help themselves to the contents. The few herring they take are on the whole only a bagatelle ; but when half a dozen small fish is all that can be expected from a net to serve for a day's fishing, and half or more are taken by cormorants, the fishermen can hardly be criticized for giving vent to some evidences of discontent at the loss of a day's work and profit. However, though the fishermen do look upon the cor- morants as one of their natural enemies, they do not seem to be bitter against them; not nearly as much so as the salmon an- glers, who only have a sporting interest in their fish and are not dependent upon them for a livelihood.
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