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Sea urchin harvest trial brings scientists, traditional owners and fishers together to help save kelp forests

Abalone diver Stephen Bunney dives in a sea urchin barren off Montague Island, NSW. (Supplied: WWF-Australia, Grumpy Turtle Films)

It has been a creeping problem along the coastline of south-eastern Australia for decades, but a breakthrough may be on the way.

Sea urchins, a native species in NSW, have exploded in numbers, grazing on healthy kelp forests until only an eerie moonscape remains.

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