Sea Urchins, New Jersey

MartinDick · Nov 16, 2004

We are starting to get sea urchins in New Jersey. I took some home to eat, but they were empty, except for what I think is called Aristotle's lantern. Is there a certain time of year to harvest? What time of year? Are these the "wrong" species?

flyinghuntster · Nov 16, 2004

I have been on a few Dives in the Persian Gulf and there were Long spine Sea Urchins EVERY were and we would cut a few of them up and let the fish eat what little there inside of them. There was probably enough stuff inside that would fit on a teaspoon and that was it.
I guess it is worth trying? You have heard that is tastes good?

TropicalDiver · Nov 16, 2004

Come to lovely Sebastian Inlet FL and take some of ours! They are everywhere :11: and we sure could do without a few - LOL! Spines in the hand are not fun....and diving in current surge with them all over the ledges makes lobstering not nearly as fun as it should be

archman · Nov 16, 2004

The commercial urchin fishery in the NE Atlantic is for the green urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis.

Wildcard · Nov 16, 2004

On the west coast reds and purples are harvested. Sorry, I don't know there real name. What you want to eat is the gonads/roe, not the whole thing. I have friends that dove them for a living.... MAy have been the wrong time of the year?

flyinghuntster · Nov 17, 2004

Well that really isn't the kind I have seen, Almost all of the ones I see are black, Not Green,Red or Purple...... :-( Wouldn't that be an item to thin out around our reefs AND get paid to do so as well.

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