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crazyal
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 Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:08 am Post subject: Sea urchins |
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| Are there any on the waters around here? |
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lil-red-hunter14
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| I could be wrong on this but I think I saw one at the port aransas harbor jetties over this past summer! |
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Central Scrutinizer
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:25 am Post subject: |
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On the waters, NO. 
In the waters, yes. The jetties are full of purple sea urchins (more properly, rock boring and reef urchins, of the genus Echinometra), in addition to the pencil urchins (Eucidaris sp.). They are more common deeper, so the Port A jetties typically have more that either Fish Pass or Packery.
Offshore, you can also find long-spine urchins (Diadema antillarum) on some of the deeper rigs. Heart urchin tests wash ashore occasionally, but I have never come across a live one here locally, but the are pretty common on the fore-reefs in the southern part of the Gulf. |
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Tyler
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | On the waters, NO.
In the waters, yes. The jetties are full of purple sea urchins (more properly, rock boring and reef urchins, of the genus Echinometra), in addition to the pencil urchins (Eucidaris sp.). They are more common deeper, so the Port A jetties typically have more that either Fish Pass or Packery.
Offshore, you can also find long-spine urchins (Diadema antillarum) on some of the deeper rigs. Heart urchin tests wash ashore occasionally, but I have never come across a live one here locally, but the are pretty common on the fore-reefs in the southern part of the Gulf. |
What about the eating part?
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Central Scrutinizer
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| Tyler wrote: | | What about the eating part? |
I've had the roe, but it's not what I would call sushi-grade. 
It's not bad, but not quite the same texture and taste that you get with quality Uni.
The only limits are from Nov 1st - Apr30th, down around South Padre (dam$ Snow Birds!!!  ) |
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Tyler
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Thanks,
Port Mansfield Jetty is where I have seen lots of them and wondered about the roe.
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