Sea urchins bred to eat invasive seaweed in Hawaii

[Lee]

Thought some might be interested...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=sea-urchins-bred-to-eat-invasive-se-2011-02-02

 

[jcolon2]

Wow, that's amazing- 25,000 urchins a month!

 

[Swim]

"
David Cohen, Anuenue's urchin hatchery manager, told the Star?Advertiser it took a year to develop the techniques to breed the sea urchins in captivity."

That's not very long at all.