Abstract
Although Australia has had a commercial fishery for sea urchins for over 30 years, there is relatively little aquaculture done on sea urchins there. Australia has cultural and biological attributes favorable to sea urchin aquaculture: it is a multicultural society with diversity in cuisines and correspondingly catholic tastes, and it also has a high natural diversity of sea urchin species. Modern Australian cuisine has been strongly influenced by such globalization and there is a rising popularity in serving sea urchin roe as exotic and desirable ingredients at fine dining restaurants. Australia has a large number of indigenous and Pacific Islanders comprising its population, among whom sea urchin roe is a traditional and, sometimes, cultural food. This chapter presents a review of what is known regarding aquaculture of Centrostephanus rodgersii, Heliocidaris erythrogramma, and Tripneustes gratilla.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Echinoderm aquaculature |
Editors | Nicholas P. Brown, Stephen D. Eddy |
Place of Publication | Hoboken, New Jersey |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 225-243 |
Number of pages | 19 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119005810 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780470960387 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- Australia
- Catholic tastes
- Centrostephanus rodgersii
- Cultural food
- Fine dining restaurants
- Heliocidaris erythrogramma
- Pacific Islanders
- Sea urchin aquaculture
- Tripneustes gratilla