Meet OoNee, Sea Urchin Ranchers in Oregon
NOAA’s Tide to Table series profiles members of the aquaculture community who provide valuable jobs and access to fresh, sustainably sourced American seafood.
Aaron Huang, a self-proclaimed “kelp nerd,” has always had a passion for seaweed. He eats it every day! As kelp forests around him vanish at alarming rates, Aaron has turned to a surprising solution: sea urchin farming.
“My heart and my stomach pointed me towards this career,” says Aaron, the co-founder of OoNee Sea Urchin Ranch in Newport, Oregon. He’s transforming an ecological crisis into a culinary opportunity and restoring kelp forests—one urchin at a time.
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