ABC News: Scientists call for swift action to save South Coast reefs, with commercial sea urchin fishing one solution
Researchers have urged the New South Wales government to support sea urchin harvesting along the South Coast as a way of boosting the economy and controlling the environmental pest.
Conservationists say while the sea urchin is native to NSW it is currently causing detrimental damage to healthy kelp forests and marine biodiversity.
Research Fellow John Keane from the University of Tasmania says NSW can learn from the practices currently used in Tasmania to mitigate the spread of sea urchins.