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Here's how eating sea urchins could help save the oceans' dying kelp forests
Charlotte Edmond, World Economic Forum Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Populations of purple sea urchins in particular – a hardy kelp-eating species – have exploded in recent years as an out-of-sync marine ecosystem has failed to keep them in check.
Munching their way through kelp forests from California to Norway, urchins leave vast expanses of desolate ocean floor – known as urchin barrens – in their wake. Not only are these kelp forests an important home for marine life, they are also crucial in our battle against climate change, capturing and storing carbon dioxide.
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