Bill 205 2016

An Act to amend the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   1.  Clause 5 (2) (a) of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 is repealed and the following substituted:

  (a)  an American crow, brown-headed cowbird, common grackle, double-crested cormorant, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird or starling;

Commencement

   2.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   3.  The short title of this Act is the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 to permit the hunting and trapping of double-crested cormorants.