(ig_artificial holding ponds or fish hatcheries), rarely do they pose a threat 
     
     to the fishery. The bulk of their food consists of non-commercial species, 
     
     including sculpins, cunner, sticklebacks, rock gunnel, etc. But old prejudices 
     
     die hard - as far as some are concerned, cormorants eat fish and that's all that 
     
     matters. Nevertheless, cormorants are protected species on P.E.I. and in most 
     
     places. Will their reputation as greedy, destructive enemies of valuable game 
     
     and commercial fish species ever change? 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Erskine, A.J. 1972. The Great Cormorants of 
     
     eastern Canada. Can. Wildl. Serv., Occ. 
     
     Paper 14. 21 p. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lewis, H.F. 1929. The natural history of the Double-crested 
     
     Cormorant. Ru'Mi-Lou Books, Ottawa. 94 p. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Madsen, F.J. and R. Sparck. 1950. On the feeding habits of the Southern Cormor- 
     
     ant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis). Dan. Rev. Game Biol. 1 (3): 45-75. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mendall, H.L. 1936. The home-life and economis status of the Double-crested 
     
     Cormorant. The University Press, Orono, Maine. 159 p. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     at Mandarte Island, British Columbia, with notes on feeding ecology.‘ 
     
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     Ross, R.K. 1973. A comparison of the feeding and nesting requirements of the 
     
     Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) and Double-crested Cormorant 
     
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     Halifax, N.S. 82 p. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     auritus) and its relation to the salmon industries on the Gulf of St. 
     
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     NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY RAFFLE. This fall the Natural History Society and the Island 
     
     Nature Trust have mounted an exhibition of nature photographs of P.E.I. entitled 
     
     “The Wild Side of the Isle”. Originally displayed at the Eptek Center in Summer— 
     
     side, the exhibition has now been invited to tour to other centers across the 
     
     province. Costs associated with mounting the exhibit have run to over $550. A 
     
     raffle is being held to help defray these expenses. The draw will be held on Dec. 
     
     15, with a prize of an 11 x 14 inch framed print of the winner‘s choice of any one 
     
     of the 26 photos in the exhibit. Tickets are available at $1.00 each from Rose- 
     
     mary Curley. Please give your support. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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