Kagawa's Yushokubouya Farms Sea Urchins Using Discarded Udon Noodles to Combat Food Waste and Coastal Erosion

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Yushokubouya (Utazu, Kagawa Prefecture), a restaurant and service company, has begun a sea urchin farming business using discarded udon noodles as bait. In the Seto Inland Sea, an overpopulation of purple sea urchins eats up all the seaweed, turning the sea into a desert, causing a problem called "shore desertification." By collecting sea urchins that are being exterminated by the fishing cooperative and farming them, the company aims to kill tw…