reasonable questions. and yes removing ODFW limits on purples _entirely_ is in the Proposal to the state.
With that rule change (or a permit for select reefs), we know from other regions that a 1-tank scuba dive can cull in place about 3,000 urchins. 2 tanks per outing x 10 divers gets 60,000...
well, you're correct that otters can be part of the solution eventually, (but only in southern Oregon coast due to adequate sheltering terrain and large quanitiy of surviving kelp (so far, if we can preserve it vs N. Oregon).) See https://www.elakhaalliance.org/ for details of sea otter reintro...
Hi all - Key fish habitat on the Oregon coast, i.e. kelp forests, are in the process of being wiped out by an ecosystem imbalance that started in 2014. NorCal has already lost 90% of their kelp forest area to this catastrophe. Divers, mostly members of this group, (I was lead author) wrote a...