A very serious alarm
Shared pain is half joy. This is the first thought that comes to mind when reading about the latest warning launched by the European Union regarding wild fauna: Italy is not the only country that has to deal with the cormorant emergency, birds that are putting the fishing sector and beyond to the test. What is the origin of this frankly unpredictable outcry?
The decline in community production
David Mcallister, German MEP of the EPP, has spoken explicitly in recent days about the sharp decline in river and lake fish production in just two decades. The -20% is largely due to the excessive population of cormorants. The issue has been raised directly with the European Commission and there seems to be only one solution to the problem.
The Brussels point of view
According to Marcos Sefcovic, Commissioner for the Green Deal, there is no specific legislation on cormorants, so hunting by derogation is necessary to reduce the population of this species. Sefcovic himself was laconic from this point of view: “The Commission is aware that a recent expansion of the cormorant population may make it difficult to balance conflicts between human and cormorant interests.".
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