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CANADIANBEAVER69

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1. creating unaffected brood-stock

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 30, 2023, 12:58 PM

May 2023

to replenish the seas after decimation? It seems like a good idea, but they don't even know what it is that is killing them off. So, what's to say after they replenish the seas with the brood-stock sea urchins, that the unknown plague comes back and just continues to spread again.
Thank you for posting this. It is another sign of our changing world, which could be devastating in the long term if humans just keep stalling on climate action. Time is running out.

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Mystery pathogen is stripping sea urchins of their flesh and turning them to skeletons -- and it's sp [View all] Judi Lynn May 2023 OP

creating unaffected brood-stock CANADIANBEAVER69 May 2023 #1

Its still a viable option if whatever is doing it needs to infect the urchins to continue to spread cstanleytech May 2023 #3

It's bad, they need to find a resistant urchin and reintroduce it. Mosby May 2023 #2