So these sea urchins are kelp-killers. He's saving the kelp forest from them. They're super, super overabundant. He's doing his best, but the restaurant trade doesn't pay well enough for these species for many to try to harvest them. So, there's not enough harvesters to save the forest. Diving/boating - is really expensive. There's local cuisine, but, they can't find an international market. These kinda taste "bad" to other cultures. So that's why people praise the action here. He's like a lionfish killer. Reef Guardian.
I dont think the bag is usually the limit so much as breath, and in the longer videos I noticed he would compress the kina into the bag so they dont spill out, although that does waste precious breath time I guess
Every short is the same content yet every time I come across one I always watch it all the way through. Something so satisfying about what you do. Keep up the good work ♥️🫡
kina are native and not normally destructive, but the predatory fish species that keep them under control have been overfished so now there are too many !
@@RoseDrawsThings Odd, someone else responded to a different comment I made about these, asking if they were invasive. The person said they were from thousands of miles away. Someone is giving me false info and I don't know who!
@@sylvariatzakathese sea urchins are native but their natural predators are overhunted to they can thrive without having any predators that stop them. This guy keeps their population numbers low and basically does the job as these sea urchins predator.
I love how the fish recognize that this is the time where they get the chance to have a free meal. Fish: Aw yiss, they about to crack open a free one for the boiiiiiz!
You might be confused, but for context, sea urchins sell for about 35 dollars, and seeing as he collected about 48, id say this person made about 1,680 dollars in less than a minute
Man id have a field just opening hundreds of those urchins (kina) for the local fish to eat. Like I know they probably sell the kina they harvest but if I had the money I'd go out there and live my dream! I wonder if someone could make an interesting eco tourism company out of this. People pay to go down collect kina and then feed all their collected kina to the fish. It helps the ecosystem. People not only get to scuba dive but also interact with the ocean life down there via feedings. It's a win win for everyone
imagine if those fish start to actively surround him and covering him basically making it look like a school is moving in an odd way then when he reaches the surface they separate, waiting for him to come back down to do it all over again.
@destituteanddecadent9106 they aren't invasive in this area, it's just that their natural predators were overhunted so there is nothing keeping them in check. it's like how deer are in America, because a bunch of idiots killed all the wolves back in the day. too many of 'em with not enough things eating 'em
