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Objective 1: Determine the economic impact of cormorants, pelicans, and wading birds on different productions systems used in the catfish, baitfish, and crawfish industries. Objective 2: Develop and evaluate tools and strategies for dispersing fish-eating birds from off-site roosts, loafing areas and aquaculture facilities. Objective 3: Determine the role of American white pelicans in the epidemiology of Bolphorus trematodes at catfish facilities. Objective 4: Develop methods for monitoring double-crested cormorant distribution and population growth. Objective 5: Develop methods for managing breeding colonies of double-crested cormorant impacts to yellow perch fisheries in the Les Cheneaux Islands area of Michigan.
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