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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by soperj on Friday October 14, 2022 @04:42PM (#33208590)
Sea urchins are a problem everywhere in the pacific, and that's because their main predator (sea otters) were nearly wiped out.
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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by swhalen on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:26PM (#33209528)
I think it's just the western coast of North America that has this problem, rather than the entire Pacific. For example in New Zealand, which is in the Pacific, there were never any sea otters. Urchins, regarded locally as a delicacy, are not particularly abundant.
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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by greggsy on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:34PM (#33209600)
Crown-of-thorns starfish, on the other hand, are a very serious problem in Australia
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