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@skinnylatte A clarification on the purple urchins: we want to remove them from areas where they are decimating the kelp beds because the starfish (one of their predators) are diminished, but in other areas they are fine. One example is Pillar Point tidepools in Half Moon Bay. There’s no kelp right there. Yet people think they need to pick off the nasty purple urchins. Yes, the urchins can be harvested (with a state fishing license) but they don’t need to be eradicated.