Posted by seahunt on July 27, 2001 at 21:03:06:
In Reply to: Speaking of uni posted by Jon Davies on July 27, 2001 at 20:13:43:
I thinbk it's legal to take urchin on a fishing license. May have to check my F&G book.
By the way, there used to be a bazillion urchins. They are very important as a nursery for many intertidal spexies including lobster, shrimp and abalone (underneith the spines), but they are now severly over fished as far as i'm concerned. also, in otter areas, there just about aren't any. Not even purples.
Watch this... Strongelocentrotus purperotus... or there's about.
Enjoy the diving, seahunt