{
  "id": 15574474,
  "title": "Funding uncertainty threatens Tasmania’s gains against kelp-grazing sea urchins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/funding-uncertainty-threatens-tasmanias-gains-against-kelp-grazing",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T06:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/funding-uncertainty-threatens-tasmanias-gains-against-kelp-grazing-sea-urchins/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For nearly a decade, divers off Tasmania’s east coast have been getting a boost from the government to harvest the invasive sea urchins killing off kelp forests that fringe the Australian island state. A state program offers financial incentives to support a commercial fishery for the highly valuable roe of the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}