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Cormorant Documents
Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds (02/04/1979) - [English - Italiano]
Convention 82/461/EEC on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals - [English - Italiano]
EIFAC Working Party on Bird Predation. Status report for the intersessional period 1998-2000. Compiled by: E. Staub. [download .pdf 29 KB]
Lake Ontario. [.pdf] -
Final Environmental Impact Statement Double-crested Cormorant Management in the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Pp. 208.
Final Environmental Assessment of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Action to issue a migratory bird depredation permit for the take of Cormorants and Gulls on Lake Champlain Islands, Vermont. [link - .pdf]
Proposed depredation order for the Double-crested Cormorant. 1997.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html (Click on Federal Register, select Volume 1997, enter "cormorant" as a Search Term, click on Submit, scroll to Proposed Depredation Order, and click on preferred option).
Establishment of a depredation order for the Double-crested Cormorant. 1998. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html (Click on Federal Register, select Volume 1998, enter "cormorant" as a Search Term, click on Submit, scroll to Establishment of a Depredation Order, and click on preferred option).
A Science-Based Initiative to Manage Double-Crested Cormorant Damage to Southern Aquaculture. Glahn J.F., Tobin M.E. & Blackwell B.F. (September 2000). [.pdf]
Canadian Wildlife Service. Policy for the Issuance of Scare Permits for the Aquaculture Industry. (Policy Effective 9/1/2000). [.pdf]
Cormorant - fish relationships
Cormorants and their impacts on fish. 1995. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of Migratory Bird Management. http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/cormorants.html
Cormorants and environmental contamination
Weseloh D. V. & B. Collier. 1996. The rise of the Double-crested Cormorant on the Great Lakes: winning the war against contaminants. Environment Canada. http://www.cciw.ca//glimr/data/cormorant-fact-sheet/intro.html
[Français] Directive modifiée 79/409/CEE du Conseil. Objet: retirer la sous-espčce continentale du grand cormoran (Phalocrocorax carbo sinensis) de l'annexe I.
[English] - Commission modifies the "Birds" Directive with respect to the Great Cormorant DN: IP/97/718 Date: 1997-07-30
Denmark
1) Skov- og Naturstyrelsen 1992. Forvaltningsplan for skarven i Danmark. - Miljřministeriet, Skov- og Naturstyrelsen. [English summary - résume en Français]
2) Skov- og Naturstyrelsen 2004. Midtvejsevaluering af forvaltningsplan for Skarv i Danmark. - Miljřministeriet, Skov- og Naturstyrelsen.
Sweden
Naturvĺrdsverket 2000. Förvaltningsplan för mellanskarv och storskarv. Rapport 5261. Stockholm 2002.
Switzerland (1995) [resume en Français]
Link to a Research Center of the Walloon Region (Belgium) with an interesting report (downloadable) of a study aiming at inquiring fish farmers in southern Belgium and making a synthesis about Cormorant conflict (and possible solution) in Wallon region. [Français]
Europe
Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group. 2008. Cormorants in the western Palearctic. Distribution and numbers on a wider European scale.
Belgium
Paquet J-Y. et al. 2004. Le développement de l'hivernage du Grand Cormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo) en Wallonie et ŕ Bruxelles entre 1990 et 2003. Aves, 39(3-4): 145-156.
France
Marion L. 2010. Recensement national des Grands cormorans hivernant en France durant l'hiver 2008-2009. Ministčre de l'Ecologie, de lEnergie, du Développement Durable et de la Mer, Direction de lEau et de la Biodiversité & SESLG -Université de Rennes I CNRS-MNHN. Rapport final.
Germany
Wahl, J., T. Keller & C. Sudfeldt. 2004. Distribution and numbers of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in Germany in January 2003 results of the pan-German night roost census. Vogelwelt, 125: 110.
Italy
Baccetti et al. 2002. Wintering numbers and distribution in Italy (1991-2000) [Italiano] - Biologia e Conservazione della Fauna, vol. 111.
Spain
Del Moral J.C. & De Souza J.A. 2004. Cormorán Grande Invernante en Espańa. II Censo Nacional. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid.
Switzerland
Keller V. & Burkhardt M. 2003. Number and distribution of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Switzerland in January 2003. Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach.
Keller V. & Burkhardt M. 2010. Number and distribution of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Switzerland in January 2009. Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach.
Schifferli L., Burkhardt M. & Kestenholz M. 2005. Bestandsentwicklung des Kormorans Phalacrocorax carbo in der Schweiz 19672003. Der Ornithologische Beobachter, 102: 8196.
The Netherlands
Kleefstra R. 2004. Aalscholvers op slaapplaatsen in het Friese Binnenland. Twirre, 18(1): 28-31
van Rijn S. & Nienhuis J. 2004. Aalscholvers op slaapplaatsen in Nederland in januari 2003 en 2004. Limosa, 77: 25-30.
UK
Worden J., Hall C. & Cranswick P.A. 2004. Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in Great Britain: results of the january 2003 roost survey. Pp. 28. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge.
Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group. 2008. Cormorants in the western Palearctic. Distribution and numbers on a wider European scale.
ACTION PLAN FOR THE PYGMY CORMORANT (P. pygmeus) IN EUROPE. 1996. Compiled by: A.J. CRIVELLI (Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, France), T. NAZIRIDES (University of Thessaloniki, Greece), H. JERRENTRUP (Society for Protection of Nature and Ecodevelopment, Greece). Prepared by BirdLife International on behalf of the European Commission. [open / download file .pdf 200 KB]
National Action Plan for the Pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) in Greece. 1999. Compiled by: S. KAZANTZIDIS & T. NAZIRIDES. WWF Greece, Hellenic Ornithological Society, Society for the Protection of Prespa. Thessaloniki. [open / download file .pdf 417 KB]
The Pygmy Cormorant in Bulgaria. Status of the population. Action plan. 2000. Compiled by Nikolov H.H., Marin S.M. & Darakchiev A.I. Published by Green Balkans Federation of Nature-Conservation NGOs. 160 Shesti Septemviri Blvd. Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria.
Species Action Plan for the Mediterranean Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii in Europe. 1999. Compiled by: Aguilar J. S. & Fernadez G. Prepared by BirdLife International on behalf of the European Commission. [open / download file .pdf 64 KB]
Álvarez D. & Velando A. 2007. El cormorán mońudo en Espańa. Población en 2006-2007 y método de censo. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid.
Recovery plan for Chartham Island Shag and Pitt Island Shag. 2001-2011. Published by Department of Conservation. P.O. Box 10-420 Wellington, New Zealand. June 2001. [open / download file .pdf 144 KB]