The cormorant, or skarv as we call them, population is quite good around where I live, Oslofjorden. They are not restricted and can be hunted at see from the 1. October through 31. November. Further north in Norway there are some restrictions, and I think you only can shoot young birds with white bellies. They are quite popular as a hunting species, but personally I don`t like the taste of them. We saw hundreds of them on Saturday. It has been a great year for all "sea bird" species up here this year.