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St. Lawrence County wants to scatter fish-eating cormorants
Posted: 03.05.2012 at 5:48 AM
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(AP) -- Another showdown is brewing between fishermen and cormorants.

It seems the long-necked diving birds are multiplying on Black Lake, a popular fishing spot in St. Lawrence County. The birds, which eat a lot of fish, have been driven from other areas on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario where their expanding populations have threatened fisheries.

The Watertown Daily Times reports that a committee of St. Lawrence County legislators is asking the Department of Environmental Conservation to train and supervise volunteers to harass the birds on Black Lake so they'll head somewhere else. 

A similar program has been conducted on Oneida Lake, where volunteers chase the birds by boat and scare them with whistling fireworks.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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