Purple Sea Urchins are hungry; headed for your tank next

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Purple Sea Urchins or Sphaerechinus granularis are eating their way through the underwater kelp forests in California and now moving north towards Oregon. A recent count found 350 million purple sea urchins on one Oregon reef alone — more than a 10,000% increase since 2014. And in Northern California, 90% of the giant bull kelp […]
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[Gaspipe]

All I can say is I hope I see them on more sushi menus at a deep discount!

Sea Urchins in Mendocino

Writer and food scientist Ali Bouzari describes the plague of purple sea urchins devouring everything along the California coastline. For once, it's time to put our overfishing tendencies to good use, and that means fresh uni for everyone.

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