Urchin Survey Dives - Tai and Obase in Maizuru

Recently I was asked to help out with some survey dives for a prominent company - Ocean Trading Co. We did many dives over two days (9 total dives) and I finally got to see some species that I have been searching for. Probably the most exciting was the Abalone (Awabi) and getting to dive on fabricated Abalone Artificial reefs.
It really was a real treat and I hope to work with this company on more projects in the future. They want to pursue new ideas and fishing practices that benefit the environment the same way it benefits the market. This project aims to take urchins from densely populated barrens and culture them to market value and sell commercially. It is known urchin removal is the key to restoring diverse algal habitats so this project would not only benefit the urchin sellers but the underwater environment as well.
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Nice & chill, thanks for sharing