SEA URCHIN Obliterate Entire Tide Pool! This is NOT GOOD

This the state of the tide pools in Northern California.

[silverhairseeker]

Back in the mid '70's urchins absolutely devastated the Cali coast from Laguna Beach to Oxnard. Along came PURP (Palos Verdes Underwater Restoration Program) who set up air stations at many local access points to diving area every weekend. Free air to anyone with a hammer to smash the urchins. We smashed urchins every week at Whites Point in San Pedro and other spots along the Palos Verde coast. When it was determined that the area had been cleared of enough urchins kelp was harvested from the Point Loma kelp bed in San Diego and transplanted along the SoCal coast line. The program was a rousing success and within a year and a half kelp forests were thriving, with a healthy kelp forest came the return of the other sea life, what was a barren waste land of urchins and star fish became again a thriving fishery.

[jeffbock]

Never ask Taku to clean the uni. He eats half the yieild while he's cleaning them.

[piedpyper]

Bring back the sea otters. They control urchin populations naturally and prevent the urchins from decemating the kelp off the coast. Love the content, especially on the pacific coast of the US.

[robertbrewer]

It was difficult for me to see the urchin monoculture tide pools. Seventy-ish years ago my Dad and I fished the San Mateo County coast for blenny eels, (monkeyface etc.) and enjoyed the mussels and cabazone and all the rich, rich life in this wonderful intertidal zone. In places we could harvest abalone without a pry bar! (The abalone divers h wiped out the commercial fishery and there was some population recovery. The sea otter population had not yet recovered so we hit the sweet spot in personal abalone fishing. You are right, THIS IS NOT GOOD!! and I fear it is not going to revert to anything other than a marine desert. The loss of 95% of the kelp is the loss of the basic food and habitat of the entire ecosystem. Basically the kelp forests have been clear cut by the urchin population and no organism benefits.

[atalk]

Bro, I loved you and Jocelyn's international journey but it's fantastic to see you going back to your roots with a tide pool visit!

[jimaffinito]

They’ve destroyed the kelp beds off our surf spots. The kelp beds groom the wind from the surface of the water and created good surf. Now everything is choppy. Amazing how a starfish disease can have such far reaching effects.

[TimsStackingAdventure]

Yes!! I’ve been waiting for you to go out foraging again!!

[daycourt]

This was the kind of video that first made me fall in love with you're channel! So happy to see some beach foraging and poke pole fishing!

[JapanSurvivalGuide]

Japanese scientists figured out an easy way to fatten up uni. Put them in a tank with cabbage. The cabbage floats so you have to use a circulator to get it so that the uni can grab on to them.

[LOLBeachPlease]

for the fall you should host a event with the community to harvest the uni together take a chunk of the purple urchin population, make a dish for the community, and a vid

[mhyrr]

@19:04 barehand on the cast iron pan straight from the coals is crazy lol. chefs are built different

[koreandude]

Such throwback, been watching you since the first few videos you made foraging.

[kman]

your videos genuinely make me happy bro. Every time I catch myself out of touch with reality I revisit you channel and it feels so wholesome.

[Pandamania]

Welcome back Taku! Love seeing you back on the CA coast. Keep up the great videos.

[michellehamilton]

Just found your station last week. I’m loving your content!

[Mi..Mi..]

The urchins: no seaweed?
Guess ill eat rocks 😂😂😂

[sonnypaker]

I remember back in early 1990s. Visiting my friends home which was near a peninsula in Fukuoka Japan. Went walking on the beach and found a whole bunch of Uni. Went back to my friends house and collected a net. We collected over 1000 Uni. I kept some and my friend kept some and took the rest to a fish market. Bad some nice money for 500 of them. Very heavy for a tiny piece of meat.

[StoneUSA]

My man knows what he's doing with the Carbonara! Bravissimo! La tua tecnica è davvero impressionante! Sad you couldn't find Guanciale and a block of Parmigiano Reggiano but, like you said, you work with what you have. The uni and onion made it your own.

[travismcclellan]

Yes! Back to the good ol days.
Hope to see you on the kayak soon.

[gdp]

I’ve been watching your channel for over a year now!! You deserve so many subscribers than you currently have! Such great content