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Long time, cormorants in Brandenburg almost exclusively found in larger waters. The enormous growth of the population but has resulted in birds in recent years also increasingly became a problem for the fish stocks of small and medium-sized rivers.

In winter, the lakes, canals and rivers are impounded larger covered with ice, fly on the black birds, every day each of which 400 g of fish needed for food, the small rivers and lowland streams. Contrary to earlier popular belief, they avoid it by no means natural rivers, but are not outside in a meandering, lined both sides of wood, deadwood of streams, where it forces the hunger.

Our association serves two sections of the Dosse who had recently suffered a massive ice winter 2005/06 cormorant invasion. In the following spring in parts could no longer be detected in a gudgeon Electrofishing for the Water Framework Directive, which existed previously in their hundreds.

That was because the Maifliegenzeit 2006 for all that they experienced on the water, very sobering. In the mild winters of 2006/07 and 2007/08, the black birds happily occurred less in evidence, so that the trout stocks could recover.

Unfortunately, we came in this winter is not it so smoothly. At the turn put a frost and a few days later, the first cormorant sighted at the Dosse. Now had to take action! The most effective and economical method of Kormoranvergrämung is the launch. Although one can not be reduced so that the total population significantly, but it has been shown that the birds waters, where they are shot at regularly, avoid. In coordination with the National Association of Anglers and Angling Association OPR our county, region Wittstock, we have raised hunting farmers and foresters along the Dosse and asked for help.