Sea urchins hit all the taste pleasure points – salt, sweet and umami. In a lot of places, sea urchins are overfished, but that certainly isn't the case off the coast of California, where there's such an overabundance of purple sea urchins that it has become an aquacultural concern.
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Read MoreWe launch our kayaks at dawn from a pristine, sheltered cove and paddle about a quarter-mile up the pinnacle-studded Mendocino coastline to a craggy reef just offshore.
Read MoreResearchers assess how the quality of red sea urchin roe—uni—influences fishermen's behavior
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Read MoreUsually, the first weekend of April is when abalone divers pack up their wetsuits and fins and head off to campsites along the Sonoma and Mendocino coast.
Read MorePilot project underway in Departure Bay determines if farming commercially viable.
Urchinomics aims to preserve sea plants and boost rural communities while tapping into a lucrative market.
Read MoreSea urchin, a type of marine animal related to sea stars and sand dollars, have been around for some 540 million years. Harvested from Vancouver Island to Baja California on the west coast and along New England’s shoreline from Marine to Massachusetts, sea urchin is prolific, sustainable, and usually available year-round.
Read MoreA Memorial researcher is investigating a new opportunity he hopes will help diversify the range of seafood produced in Newfoundland and Labrador for worldwide distribution.
Read MoreAn experiment in Nanaimo’s Departure Bay is testing whether sea urchin farming could be the next big industry on our coast.
Read MoreWhat do First Nation villages in Quebec, barren kelp beds in Western Australia, Japanese seafood giant Mitsubishi, and a Norwegian investment firm all have in common?
Read MoreAcross the worlds oceans, sea urchins are on the march and thats not a good thing. Reports on how a new system of population management can stem a damaging swell in numbers while meeting a growing demand for their you-know-whats.
Read MoreDid you know that we won the prestigious Minister of Fisheries Award in Japan?!
Read MoreScientists hope a new pilot project will show that a sustainable, spiny seafood could be British Columbia’s next big export.
Read MoreFederal scientists and others are exploring the possibility of sea urchin farming in Canada, with at least six pilot studies using Norwegian technology that proponents hope will turn "zombie" urchins which can denude kelp beds into profitable seafood.
Read MoreAlong the coastlines of southeastern Australia, and far beyond, a silent, unstoppable menace is wreaking havoc, turning lifegiving undersea kelp forests into barren wastes.
Read MoreInfestations of long-spined sea urchins in Australia's east coast are being dealt with by a firm aiming to turn them into a lucrative industry.
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