Japan aquaculture company sets up in Tasmania to raise sea urchins

Big goals: Slow 'sea desertification,' create jobs and export a seafood delicacy

Kita-Sanriku Factory has spent about seven years developing a feed mix that can regenerate "skinny" sea urchins into fat ones. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi)

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer

January 11, 2025 16:10 JST

SYDNEY -- A Japanese company is applying its regenerative aquaculture technology to raising sea urchins in a bid to export the roe from Tasmania, the southernmost island state of Australia.