Here's how eating sea urchins could help save the oceans' dying kelp forests

Feb 6, 2020

A diver holds up a sea urchin retrieved during a deep sea dive as part of the "Clean-Up Arabia" environmental campaign in Fujairah November 6, 2010. The annual campaign is aimed at cleaning local dive sites and beaches, with volunteers collecting garbage, consisting mainly of fishing nets, plastic and metal waste, from the shores and ocean. REUTERS/Jumana El-Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS SOCIETY) - GM1E6B61TI301

Could eating sea urchins help to save our oceans? Image: REUTERS/Jumana El-Heloueh

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