Posted on Sep 4, 2018
Getting Purple Sea Urchins Out Of California Waters
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Purple sea urchins are spiny underwater invertebrates that look like pincushions. They’re native to the ocean along the California coast and share their home with sought-after delicacies like red urchin and abalone. Now, after a few years of rapid growth, some people are calling purple sea urchins a scourge.
Getting Purple Sea Urchins Out Of California Waters
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Diving
Scuba Diving
State of California
San Francisco
Monterey
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) I Know Some Varieties are Edible and Prized but not so sure about the Purple Ones.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel -
Looks like they are edible
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/08/09/how-to-dive-for-sea-urchins-and-tips-for-eating-them/
Looks like they are edible
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/08/09/how-to-dive-for-sea-urchins-and-tips-for-eating-them/
How To Dive For Sea Urchins, And Tips For Eating Them - Food Republic
Summer childhood memories! Everybody has them: running around in the sprinklers, making a best friend at sports camp, wasting days away playing Super Mario Kart. Mine, you ask? They involve diving into the Mediterranean Sea in Greece for spiny, and potentially pain-inflicting, sea creatures — which I would deliver to my anxiously awaiting kin, who would then slurp their reproductive organs and pressure me to do the same. All while coaxing me...
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Sounds like in the 60's here on Guam, it was said that the "Crown of Thorns Starfish" was killing the reef, and in 20 years all the reef's on Guam will be gone for the future generations.
Now, 50+ years later, all it did was pay someone sitting behind a desk alot of money to keep saying it. And, the "Crown of Thorns Starfish" are still here as well as the reef, now it's said, "Jelly Fish", and someone sitting behind a desk is saying it to get paid.
Now, 50+ years later, all it did was pay someone sitting behind a desk alot of money to keep saying it. And, the "Crown of Thorns Starfish" are still here as well as the reef, now it's said, "Jelly Fish", and someone sitting behind a desk is saying it to get paid.
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