Desperate times, as the adage goes, call for desperate measures.
Read MoreSea urchin farming could give Norway a new export commodity for gourmet restaurants in Europe and Asia, and help to save the kelp forests on Norway’s coastal seabed.
Read MoreZee-egels eten graag zeewier. Wie niet?!!! Maar zij vinden het zo lekker en eten er zoveel van dat ze hele zeewierwouden verorberen.
Read MoreThese spiny little animals are in desperate need of population control, and our sushi habits could help.
Read MoreSpiky, voracious and multiplying at an alarming rate, sea urchins are destroying marine ecosystems around the world. The solution? Eat them, according to one company.
Read MoreSea urchin ranching concept Urchinomics is investing in its first land-based pilot facility in Norway, the firm told Undercurrent News.
Read MoreThe ravenous creatures are destroying vast swaths of kelp forests, which are crucial for carbon storage. Is the answer staring us in the plate?
Read MoreOff the Northern California coast, there is a crisis beneath the waves. The kelp forest – seaweed that provided habitat and food for much of life in the ocean – is gone, wiped out by an exploding population of purple sea urchins.
Read MoreOff the Northern California coast, there is a crisis beneath the waves. The kelp forest – seaweed that provided habitat and food for much of life in the ocean – is gone, wiped out by an exploding population of purple sea urchins.
Read MoreAvec le réchauffement des océans, les oursins menacent la biodiversité marine. Une entreprise veut faire de cet animal un incontournable des sushis gastronomiques.
Read MoreDenise MacDonald held out a tray of spiny purple sea urchins. The roe, served in the shell and the color of egg yolk, contrasted nicely with the urchin's dark, purple spines. MacDonald, director of global brand marketing at a company called Urchinomics, invited me to have a taste. I scooped up a blueberry-sized amount with a spoon.
Read More在自然環境下,海膽的主食是海藻與海草,根據《快公司》(Fast Company)報導,美國加州外海近年因為紫海膽大量增生,導致海藻生長速度遠不及紫海膽吃的速度,不但對當地海藻造成威脅,也讓其他海洋生物挨餓,海膽反而成了對生態「有害」的生物,破壞海洋生態。
Read MoreKelp forests are in danger of disappearing with purple sea urchins gobbling up kelp at unprecedented rates. Due to a 10,000-fold increase in population levels, purple urchins are killing off the very food source that they rely on.
Read MoreCoastal kelp forests provide fertile breeding grounds for various species of fish and other organisms. Unfortunately, many of these marine habitats are disappearing faster than rainforests. Sea urchins are partly to blame.
Read MoreSea urchin ranching innovator Urchinomics is establishing a semi-commercial scale feeding facility in Japan’s Oita Prefecture.
Read MoreAn invasion of sea urchins is threatening to turn large areas of the world’s seabed into desert-like barrens. But thanks to Norwegian research, businesses now have an economic incentive to rid the waters of these destructive pests.
Read MoreWarm water and “sea star wasting disease” helped urchins take over the coast, a new study finds.
Read MorePALO ALTO, California, US -- A sea urchin ranching company has secured a sought-after permitted aquaculture facility in California, its first site in the US and hopes to begin operations by late next year.
Read MorePurple sea urchins have laid waste to Northern California coastal zones in recent years, decimating the kelp forest and ruining the habitat of other sea creatures that depend on it.
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