Reports & Publications

Current Action

2014 Published Rule for Extended Depredation Order 

Final Environmental Assessment (EA) April 2014

2014 Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

Past Actions

2009 Final Environmental Assessment Extended Management of Double-Crested Cormorants Under 50 CFR 21.47 and 21.48

2009 Revision of Expiration Dates for Double-Crested
Cormorant Depredation Orders

2003 Final Rule, and Q&A's

Documents on cormorant management published by USFWS

2003 Final Environmental Impact Statement 

General Cormorant Information

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Cormorants

Kid's Stuff:  Natureworks

Bird Bands: If you've found a banded cormorant, please call 1-800-327-BAND to report it. More information on bird banding

Research and Symposia
 Status of the Double-Crested Cormorant in North America (5.1MB)

Symposium on Double-crested Cormorants: Population Status and Management Issues in the Midwest

Diet bibliography

Cormorant impacts on sport fish

Migration map 

Cormorant Management

Aquaculture permits in the Southeast

1998 Workshop on cormorant management in the Northeast