Cormorant Publications

Radio

CBC’s Ideas with Nahlah Ayed recently aired an episode called 13 Ways of Looking at the Cormorant, which examines current and historical cultural assumptions around cormorants, and presents alternate ways of looking at the birds.

Papers / Articles

Ontario’s decision for the province-wide cull of Double-crested cormorants (2021) Keith A Hobson, Avian Conservation and Ecology, 16 (1): 24. http://www.ace-eco.org/vol16/iss1/art24/

Confluence of factors come to play in death of trees (2021) Kristyne E Demske, C & G Newspapers, https://www.candgnews.com/news/confluence-of-factors-come-to-play-in-death-of-trees-120777

A fisheries take on the fishy decision to implement a Double-crested Cormorant cull in Ontario (2021) Steven J Cooke, Avian Conservation and Ecology, 16 (2): 16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-02017-160216

‘A bird that can’t speak back’: The Ford government’s mass killing of the double-crested cormorant reveals it’s true stripes (2021) The Pointer https://thepointer.com/article/2021-10-16/a-bird-that-can-t-speak-back-the-ford-government-s-mass-killing-of-the-double-crested-cormorant-reveals-its-true-stripes

Can cormorants help control Great Lakes invaders? (2016) Eric Freedman, Great Lakes Echo. http://greatlakesecho.org/2016/06/06/can-cormorants-help-control-great-lakes-invaders/

Migratory bird protection, a crack in the armor: the case of the Double-crested Cormorant (2015), Linda Wires, Avian Conservation and Ecology, 10 (1): 8. https://www.ace-eco.org/vol10/iss1/art8/

The rise of the Double-crested cormorant on the Great Lakes: Winning the war against contaminants (1995), Environment Canada, https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/En40-222-2-1995E.pdf

Anecdotes and shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries (1995), Daniel Pauly, TREE vol. 10, No. 10 October. Why depleted wildlife populations seem normal.

Books

Accidental Wilderness, The Origins and Ecology of Toronto’s Tommy Thompson Park (2020), Walter H. Kehm. A look at the history and ecology of Tommy Thompson Park, including Canada’s largest cormorant colony.

Vanishing Fish, Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries (2019), Daniel Pauly. A look at state of today’s global fisheries, including the phenomenon of “shifting baselines” and how important knowledge about the state of the natural world has been lost.

The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife, Failures of Principle and Policy (2018), Max Foran. A detailed look at culturally ingrained beliefs that underpin wildlife management practices and policies.

The Double-Crested Cormorant: Plight of a Feathered Pariah (2013), Linda R. Wires. An absolute “must read” book for anyone interested in cormorant issues.

The Double-Crested Cormorant: Symbol of Ecological Conflict (2012), Dennis Wild. A comprehensive review of cormorant issues across North America.