Latest info on the urchin disease

Posted on May 16, 2014 in slider
scuba diver on a shallow coral reef surveying sick sea urchins.

DAR staff conducting urchin monitoring, photo credit: DAR

We have added a new page detailing the investigation of a disease affecting collector urchins (Tripneustes gratilla), which was first observed on Oahu in late February 2014.  DLNR is now monitoring the disease with federal and private partners and working to identify the cause.

 

Click HERE for more information.