“We engage fishers, ecologists, and scientists to identify and remove empty, unproductive urchins that hinder kelp forests from recovering. Once urchins are removed, nature takes over and kelp begins to grow,” Brian says.
The urchins that Urchinomics removes are then harvested for their roe, which is a delicacy in many parts of the world. Selling the roe helps to fund the restoration of the kelp forests, it’s win, win!