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quattroluvr
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, which may take a decade or two to have a significant effect.Lack of otters is the problem!
reasonable questions. and yes removing ODFW limits on purples _entirely_ is in the Proposal to the state.divers killing one sea urchin at a time is going to require a LOT of divers.
with over 300,000,000 purple sea urchins running rampant over the reefs with little to no natural predation, is anyone working with the commercial urchin fishery and ODFW to try to get the daily limit of TEN raised to a viable number?