Sea urchins could prove to be Rhode Island's next climate-resilient crop

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Jan 14, 2020, 8:41 am443 ptsHot
Atlantic purple sea urchins are common in coastal waters along the East Coast, and University of Rhode Island scientist Coleen Suckling thinks the Ocean State could become the home of a new industry to raise the spiny marine creatures for consumption in Japan and elsewhere around the world.

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