Sounds like they are double dipping as well.

Q. Does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service control double-crested cormorants when they cause damage?



A. The Service’s primary role in double-crested cormorant management is to oversee, coordinate, and authorize control activities conducted by individuals and agencies. We authorize the take of cormorants either through the issuance of depredation permits or under the authority of depredation orders. Permits allow the permittee to take cormorants, their eggs, and nests in order to alleviate specific damages. Such permits are issued only after the individual or agency has applied for a permit, has demonstrated that damage has occurred, and has tried a variety of non-lethal management activities which have proven ineffective. Before issuing a permit, the Service determines that any authorized take has a reasonable chance of resolving the damage, and that the take will not have a significant negative impact on the migratory bird resource. The Service could undertake control of cormorants on lands that it owns, such as National Wildlife Refuges and National Fish Hatcheries, but it normally would not conduct cormorant management activities on other public or private lands.