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NPR: An Interview with CAA Member, Doug Bush of The Cultured Abalone

March 20, 2022 CAA Staff

“If you can’t beat them, eat them. Purple sea urchins have been gobbling the coastlines of California since 2014, edging out the kelp forests, which reduces the living space for other young sea creatures. Red abalone fisheries have suffered, devastating what used to be a $44 million annual industry in California. Some conservationists have even hired divers to smash purple sea urchins with hammers. But maybe there’s a new food industry among purple sea urchins…”

Listen to / read the interview here.

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