“Eating sea urchins is actually a way to help the kelp,” said Lamb, pointing to people who are “diving and collecting urchins to use them for all sorts of things, like food, fertilizer, or ...

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Despite their low numbers, sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea ...

After missing from the Oregon coast for more than a century, sea otters are getting a step closer to staging a comeback.

However, the giant kelp in Tasmania is struggling. Almost all of it has died because of warmer sea temperatures and a new invasive species of sea urchins. They eat kelp and can create underwater ...

Help Our Kelp Act” would authorize $5 million a year in a new grant program to fund conservation, restoration, and management ...

“International policymakers … can see the relevancy and the potential to do for kelp forests what has been done for a lot of other ecosystems.” A sea urchin on a kelp stipe at a restoration ...

A Norwegian marine project combining sea urchin harvesting with kelp forest restoration has received United Nations endorsement. The Ocean Green project, led by Alesund-based seafood and ...

The deer situation in Tasmania is complex with the growing population threatening the pristine World Heritage Wilderness Area. Yet venison is undeniably tasty.

Credit: Jeff Maassen photo A new project is underway to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel by removing sea urchins and selling them to restaurants or turning them into agricultural ...