Noyo Center Marine Field Station • 32430 N. Harbor Dr, Fort Bragg, CA
Tour the Urchin Ranch, a 40-foot shipping container where overabundant yet starving purple urchins are being fed in a recirculating aquaculture system to create delicious uni.
These resilient creatures are able to persist through years of starvation, but there is hope in Blue Economy circles that they can be harvested, raised to delectable plumpness, and sold commercially. The Field Station is also home to our marine mammal skeleton specimen lab, and other developing research and education projects.
