Sea urchin harvest could limit spread of ‘barrens’

Zoe Cartwright
Updated January 16 2019 - 10:30am, first published January 17 2018 - 1:02pm
PEST OR POTENTIAL: An urchin barren off Montague Island. Conservationists and divers are concerned at the number of urchins on the Far South Coast. The NSW Department of Primary Industries say urchins are not a pest. Photo by Bill Barker
PEST OR POTENTIAL: An urchin barren off Montague Island. Conservationists and divers are concerned at the number of urchins on the Far South Coast. The NSW Department of Primary Industries say urchins are not a pest. Photo by Bill Barker

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Zoe Cartwright

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