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15 June 2023 / NRK / Hanne Wilhelms
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How they save the kelp forest in the north – from "sea urchin desert" to the sea's nursery

Tromsø, Troms, Norway

During the 1970's much of the Norwegian coastline was overfished. In the past, a kelp forest provided shelter and food for local sealife. Today, the seabed, along the Norwegian coastline is a sea urchin desert. Researchers, volunteers, and the "Kelp Keepers" in Tromso, are removing the sea urchins and rebuilding the kelp forest.


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