Category: Urchin – Shortspined

Shortspined Sea Urchin Background

Shortspined Sea Urchin Background

Background The commercial harvest of shortspined sea urchin in Tasmania can be traced back to the 1960s, however, a sustained fishery commenced in the 1980s (Hayward 2013). Shortspined sea urchin is traditionally the most...

Shortspined Sea Urchin Management

Shortspined Sea Urchin Management

Fishery Management The Department of Natural Resources & Environment (NRE) is bound by the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 to ensure that fisheries are managed in a sustainable manner. However, with the lack...

Shortspined Sea Urchin Biology

Shortspined Sea Urchin Biology

Biology The shortspined sea urchin is endemic to Australia and distributed along protected or moderate energy rocky reefs, sandy mudflats and seagrass beds in temperate and sub-tropical waters from Western Australia to New South...

Shortspined Sea Urchin

Shortspined Sea Urchin

Shortspined Sea Urchin luwanuma (Sea Urchin)In palawa kani, the language of Tasmanian Aborigines, with thanks to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Shortspined Sea Urchin or Helio) Background More information Management More information Catch,...