Do you get to sell the urchins as seafood or do they have to be destroyed? I used work as a fishmongers' assistant and the Japanese would be all over the fresh urchins we'd get in
When you take a dumb in the water especially at night some fish might even „steal your brown train before it even left the station completely“ if you know what I mean. Everting becomes food in the ocean!
@@ghoullovinbutch and some species of sharks are like puppys with gills. And different species are also different like different types of dog. But the sharks are a little more dangerous when they bite 😉
As a brother across the tasman ditch, you're doing unbelievable work mate. Whatever they're paying you isn't enough. Thank you for keeping our beautiful oceans in balance!
@Amsayy Yup! They're somewhat of a treat here in my region, every time I come across this channel I find myself thinking 'oh wow, that could sell for a fortune' like the pig I am
Yeah, but then I got hammered by the YT demons with a commercial for car insurance, that had different audio settings - jumped out my bloody skin! Now can't sleep again and thinking of all the ways tomorrow is going to suck as a result 😡
@@RLC-London yikes brother , I’m sorry to hear that ! I hope that your day was a pleasant surprise for you , a complete subversion of your expectations ! Please take care
I’m happy to see you guys clearing the urchins! 😊 Clearing them protects coral reefs and allow the kelps to regrow while urchins have been a delicacy in many cultures for centuries. 👍
@@Operngeist1 They are a delicacy -- the roe -- the yellow part. Watch when they feed the fish and you can see the blobs of yellow. They use the roe for food then recycle the outer part. So it's a three step good job! :)
@@averynelson1186not invasive, their natural predators died off. This is what happens when keystone species are removed. The same thing is happening with deer in the usa
@@silverfox9004yeah however the USA is slowly reintroducing apex predators unlike the UK where there are 1 million deer in Scotland alone they’re literally eating forest saplings which is one of the many causes of Scotland and britains deforestation issue
I personally love the color change the Kina go through between being picked from the bottom of the ocean to being handed off up at the boat-- it's a cool visual demonstration of how light and color changes in the ocean the deeper you go.
it also varies wildly based on conditions of the water column. red will always be the first color you lose though. i do coral restoration in the atlantic :)
@@oakleyves That's so cool! So, question, then, because I've stumbled on a channel or two that grabs and collects these little urchins that devastate coral reefs near Australia and such: Do we have a similar problem in the Atlantic?
@ based on where i am close to the equator most damage i see to reefs is not predation or outcompeting but bleaching or rapid tissue loss due to water conditions. a hot summer can wipe out a section of the reef. i don't see nearly this number of urchins. aside from that i believe they released crabs to predate fireworms who were eating coral polyps a couple years ago?
As a urchin diver from way up North , we used to harvest when the skean of eggs were mature ,the end of October . There's a HEAP of those buggers ! I've been lucky enough to visit both north and south islands , was wondering if there's a " locals only" rule , or might I be able to spend some time helping , we had a buyer come up from Oregon and we had 27% skean pretty good return it was 11 % for the shipping from Kodiak ,Ak to Anchorage , then Tokyo. and were diving surface supplied air. HUGE tidal changes in Alaska , but , Kodiak were only 11feet or so ,some times our backs were out of the water. No decompression though , mostly 15 feet or so . NICE VIDEOS , THANKS
I swear I could keep watching this for hours, I'll definitely stay around for more videos! Keep up the great job and thank you for helping the local ecosystem
@@therealcorokinaboysoh really?? I expected them to be pretty gross, since there's so many of them, u know nobody wants to eat them and stuff? Good to see they're actually being used
You guys, and the guys that also do lionfish pest control in Florida, are doing something you help bring balance to the ocean ecosystems. Your work is underappreciated by most people, but those fishes thrive because of your hardwork❤
Out of curiosity, I started counting how many sea urchins he would get in one net. It was over 60! Him and his team are easily pulling hundreds out at a time and yet there are still so many! That’s wild.
@@sforza209 I’d be happy to help. Living in Finland, we don’t have issues with sea urchins here. One of my goals is to someday gather enough courage and money to travel somewhere where I can experience this. I know this is the internet, but do you speak like this in real life too? Either way, I wish you the best of luck with that.
1:48 *sea urchin escapes net without notice* It in when he becomes old and tell its grand-children a story: “And thats how I escaped the the Kina Annihilation, as i saw all my brethren get taken away and my sibling, Dave was dead on the spot 😢.”
I had an anthropology professor who specialized in a diving tribe off the Phillipines. He said that the people who dive for a living can frequently stay down for 3-5 minutes no problem. I guess a lung is muscle-adjacent, you can train it
You make this look so easy! I don't know much of anything about sea urchins and whatnot, but I can tell you've been doing this a long time. Gotta love it!
I dont know how your not overwhelmed by just how many of them there are. Love your work boys, thank you for your service to the health of our oceans. ❤❤❤
The type of action movie description "That's where we Come in" is the type of missionary nerdy skill type I just love seeing Came for the fish rizz, stayed for the posetive and humble feels.
I love these videos ! I do wonder ! How do you pick which spots to clear? I see you sometime skipped over a bunch. Is there a reason for it, or is it purely positioning / breath related?
Cheers! Entirely depends on the weather as to where we dive that day, also we dive different spots at different times of the year depending on the quality of the kina. I'll skip over them if the kina is in an awkward spot or if they're too small. Usually just pick the best "line" for that breath hold to get the most out of that dive.
How I would love to see sea otters inhabiting our coastlines. Just as in Alaska where they were reintroduced the kelp would thrive, fish return in abundance. They don’t have any significant effect on shore life, what’s not to like. The just LOVE Kina!
An astonishing piece of documentary footage of what happens when an ecosystem is out of balance. Bless your efforts and for the stark truth you show us.
I love how he always cracks one open for the fishies, im sure the fish see it as getting revenge on the Kina for destroying their hiding spots and food sources + free meal
Yes, they’re only after the kina. The other urchins are fine. The kina are overpopulated and destroying the reef, so the divers go in to thin out their numbers
@@boaz2578no, farming would be feeding and takin care of them. He no more farms them then us Americans farm white tailed deer when we thin their heard every season. This is what we do, humans are apex predators and our place is to thin the heard, not obliterate it lol
I've come to love your videos and shorts, please keep up. Also what happened to their natural predators in the area? Did the kina ever had any predators near the area?
Most of their predators are popular catches for fishermen, and have unfortunately been overfished for that reason. Unintended consequence of that is now that the kina are free to grow exponentially
I was totally surprised when the fish came up and you just cracked one for them. That was so cool, absolutely made the video every time they came up to get some food and you cracked one was a fun time. Glad you did that.
How much money do ya get? I’m interested in doing this job :) (I’m a tafe student that is researching marine biology and has a thing for collecting animals.)
I went snorkeling once. Not actually, cause I can't swim so the local guide gave me a swim ring and he pulled me around using a rope, LOL. 😂😂 But the under sea, all the fish and coral, it was otherworldly. I enjoy the experience so much. I never thought underwater would be this beautiful. Love this vid, it reminds me of the experience.
My god theyre really everywhere.. I wish i would live in this area I would absolutely join you guys doing this work. Kind of a shame youtube puts you in the same column with very bad commercial fishing videos
Both, kinda. They're like white-tailed deer here in the US. Humans messed up and have made it so they have fewer natural predators, thus their population has exploded. Now, there are conservation efforts regarding those predators, and hunters (like the kina boys) thin the population so they don't graze the local plant life into nothing (again, much like white-tailed deer). They're a native species, but there are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many of them.
I'd love to hear more! How long did did the team dive for. How many urchin did you clear. How often do you revisit the same place. What do u do with Kina later. What are those fishes called. Which one is yoru favourite etc etc You have a nice voice! It would be relaxing too!
I am curious; what is the benefit of collecting them versus a tool that will kill them on the spot? I'm sure there's a reason for it. Maybe to avoid too many carcasses concentrated in one area? NZ kina aren't that desirable or so I've read though I could be wrong on that. Edit: I decided to google whether people are willing to eat kina. Seems like a lot more than I had previously thought! And the demand is growing. Hopefully, the world will be able to balance out this imbalance. Good luck lads.
I could watch and listen to you do this for hours. BUT I am "one of those people" though... I have questions??? Do you get paid by piece , by pound, by job??? As fast as you are if they paid you by piece you could be rich. LOL What happens to them after the harvest? Do people eat them? And is there a reason why they don't give you a bigger bag? You are so amazing at this you could fill a trash size bag in no time. Thank you for sharing and helping save the oceans.
When you break the kina to feed the fish, how do you avoid also scattering their eggs and reseeding the population? Also, what are the natural predators of kina, and are these kina invasive or local? If they’re local, what was their original utility to the ecosystem?
The eggs scattered won't be fertilised. Also, will rapidly get eaten by said fish. Natural predation was mostly Snapper (Pagrus auratus) originally, but with those being the second most popular eating fish in NZ, slow growing and easy to catch, there is a lot less around, especially ones big enough to tackle mature kina.
I’m starting to love his 40k style of his descriptions. “You don’t do out of love for the seaweed. You do it out of hatred for the Kina.”
Cringe
Suffer not the kina to live
God emperor if the chaos was in the ocean real
The emperor protects
the reef cracked before the kinaboys did
that little schllllck sound when he perfectly scoops an urchin off the rock is the BEST part
I also love the spiky crunching sound when he’s stuffing the kina down in the net.
Reminds me of the sound of Velcro when he plucks them up
Schllllck is definitely the best way to describe it. 😂
Do you get to sell the urchins as seafood or do they have to be destroyed? I used work as a fishmongers' assistant and the Japanese would be all over the fresh urchins we'd get in
yeeah it reminds of that other schlllck sound if you know what I mean
*straight face*
The sound of it and seeing an underwater video without constant commentary and beautiful vistas is incredible.
I love how the fish already know to hang out close to you, almost like little water puppies!
That's what fish do! :D
If there's food to grab they will hang around.
Sharks literally have fish that follow them to grab the little bits
Some call it "fish tax"😂
When you take a dumb in the water especially at night some fish might even „steal your brown train before it even left the station completely“ if you know what I mean.
Everting becomes food in the ocean!
I mean technically fish would have had the puppy thing down before puppies existed so 😂
@@ghoullovinbutch and some species of sharks are like puppys with gills.
And different species are also different like different types of dog.
But the sharks are a little more dangerous when they bite 😉
i love it when the fish go ham on the kina when you crack one open
The crunch whenever you shove your hook into the basket is so satisfying
And the velcro rip sound when he rips them off the rocks
As a brother across the tasman ditch, you're doing unbelievable work mate. Whatever they're paying you isn't enough. Thank you for keeping our beautiful oceans in balance!
That's why he does youtube Videos I guess 😂
Im almost sure they're not being paid at all, since this isn't commercial fishing
@@KeaveMind he gets paid to remove these.
@@KeaveMindpeople do eat these tho they're not going to be trashed or anything a lot of them get eaten
@@AmsayyI'm glad to hear that! Everyone gets a feast - humans and fish!
@Amsayy
Yup! They're somewhat of a treat here in my region, every time I come across this channel I find myself thinking 'oh wow, that could sell for a fortune' like the pig I am
I was JUST looking for something to watch to clear my mind for sleep , checked my subscription tab and there you are , just in time !
I'm floored...I just stumbled on this video as I was having trouble sleeping, and it's helping me feel pleasantly drowsy now!
Yeah, but then I got hammered by the YT demons with a commercial for car insurance, that had different audio settings - jumped out my bloody skin! Now can't sleep again and thinking of all the ways tomorrow is going to suck as a result 😡
@@RLC-London yikes brother , I’m sorry to hear that ! I hope that your day was a pleasant surprise for you , a complete subversion of your expectations ! Please take care
Good point, these videos would be excellent for pre-sleep videos.
What gets me is how precise his movements are. It’s like he’s juggling rocks underwater
I’m happy to see you guys clearing the urchins! 😊
Clearing them protects coral reefs and allow the kelps to regrow while urchins have been a delicacy in many cultures for centuries. 👍
I thought sea urchins help coral reefs recover from die-offs.
@@zkaspect5172 when the balance is off the whole reef suffers. Can't be too much or too little of flora and fauna.
unfortunately, I think the type of urchin that's taking over reefs isn't very tasty (unless you're a fish I guess)
@@Operngeist1 They are a delicacy -- the roe -- the yellow part. Watch when they feed the fish and you can see the blobs of yellow. They use the roe for food then recycle the outer part. So it's a three step good job! :)
@@therealJamieJoynot all of them tho. Some taste better, I think these are pretty gross that's why there's so many
love how the fishie at 2:24 didn't even flinch at the fast movements, it knew how the Biped From Above opened the yummys
I know, they’re so cute. ☺️
Homestuck spotted
Thank you for this timestamp brother 🙏 I will go to it every time now cause it's the best thing ever
This is sped up. No-one can move this fast underwater. ✌️
That's not the point of his comment ✌️@@JayceeWedmak
this is very relaxing to watch. thanks for uploading a long one!
I like how the fish follow him like "sir, you got games on your phone?" 😂
"Good sire, ya mind cracking open one of em yummies?"
"sir, it's your daily kina tax on our field"
Love how there’s just that one urchin at 6:15 amongst the pile of Kina like “where am I?!” lol. Bro got lost!
i counted at least 3
Does that different sea urchin go by a different name in Māori?
Oh wow! I've just been calling them all urchins. Are the Kina even a type of urchin? Or is that just the name for the invasive species?
@@averynelson1186not invasive, their natural predators died off. This is what happens when keystone species are removed. The same thing is happening with deer in the usa
@@silverfox9004yeah however the USA is slowly reintroducing apex predators unlike the UK where there are 1 million deer in Scotland alone they’re literally eating forest saplings which is one of the many causes of Scotland and britains deforestation issue
I personally love the color change the Kina go through between being picked from the bottom of the ocean to being handed off up at the boat-- it's a cool visual demonstration of how light and color changes in the ocean the deeper you go.
it also varies wildly based on conditions of the water column. red will always be the first color you lose though. i do coral restoration in the atlantic :)
@@oakleyves That's so cool! So, question, then, because I've stumbled on a channel or two that grabs and collects these little urchins that devastate coral reefs near Australia and such: Do we have a similar problem in the Atlantic?
@ based on where i am close to the equator most damage i see to reefs is not predation or outcompeting but bleaching or rapid tissue loss due to water conditions. a hot summer can wipe out a section of the reef. i don't see nearly this number of urchins. aside from that i believe they released crabs to predate fireworms who were eating coral polyps a couple years ago?
@@oakleyves Huh, okay. That's pretty cool, too ^//^
As a urchin diver from way up North , we used to harvest when the skean of eggs were mature ,the end of October . There's a HEAP of those buggers ! I've been lucky enough to visit both north and south islands , was wondering if there's a " locals only" rule , or might I be able to spend some time helping , we had a buyer come up from Oregon and we had 27% skean pretty good return it was 11 % for the shipping from Kodiak ,Ak to Anchorage , then Tokyo. and were diving surface supplied air. HUGE tidal changes in Alaska , but , Kodiak were only 11feet or so ,some times our backs were out of the water. No decompression though , mostly 15 feet or so . NICE VIDEOS , THANKS
I love the sound you make, it's a real ASMR experience!
And you always give something to the hungry fish, you're a very kind person
I swear I could keep watching this for hours, I'll definitely stay around for more videos! Keep up the great job and thank you for helping the local ecosystem
You are literally saving the the reef and fish communities' homes one dive at a time! I have massive respect for your skills and the work you do ❤❤❤
I love this longer format, it’s so calming
Those fish already know the drill.
I love these right before sleep. But one question, what happens to these urchins? Food?
The roe gets sold for eating, the shell gets used for fertilizer
Thanks!! I've been wondering that exact question. It would be cook to see the whole process from collection to food or recycling
I'd love that too! @@aj9751
@@therealcorokinaboysoh really??
I expected them to be pretty gross, since there's so many of them, u know nobody wants to eat them and stuff?
Good to see they're actually being used
@@KeaveMindsome types of urchin are a delicacy. as in, they cant get enough of them to sell for food. not sure how good this type is
Love the fish… “NO PET, ONLY FEED”
He pets sometimes 🙂
Feeding alright like this, but petting is to much. Wouldn’t do that.
I do not know how I wondered here, I am not complaining this is a new rabbit hole to fall down 👍🏽👍🏽great work
You guys, and the guys that also do lionfish pest control in Florida, are doing something you help bring balance to the ocean ecosystems. Your work is underappreciated by most people, but those fishes thrive because of your hardwork❤
if only i could dive as well as you. My ocd and my hatred for urchins would make me unstoppable
Pretty sure this isn't ridiculously dangerous or difficult like deep sea diving is! You can do it!
It's time to start practicing.
Looks like you've found your callng. Practice and get out there and get t hose kina!
Out of curiosity, I started counting how many sea urchins he would get in one net. It was over 60! Him and his team are easily pulling hundreds out at a time and yet there are still so many! That’s wild.
I have never seen anything like this before, its quite mesmerizing, and the fish are soooo gorgeous!❤
We need more people like you. Thank you!
Yea for sure bro. Just not you though right? Other people.
Haha. Lmao, nice one :D I'm over here rotting on my office chair, hoping I could dive for some@@sforza209
@sforza209 some of us live in landlocked countries??
@@sforza209 I’d be happy to help. Living in Finland, we don’t have issues with sea urchins here. One of my goals is to someday gather enough courage and money to travel somewhere where I can experience this.
I know this is the internet, but do you speak like this in real life too? Either way, I wish you the best of luck with that.
@@sforza209 yeah they’re doing this on breathhold, my asthma says no 🤷♀️
1:48
*sea urchin escapes net without notice*
It in when he becomes old and tell its grand-children a story: “And thats how I escaped the the Kina Annihilation, as i saw all my brethren get taken away and my sibling, Dave was dead on the spot 😢.”
Hahaahahaha… i noticed that too.!
Yum yum yum
Oh dave, i saw him get whacked open, and the fish devoured his gonads faster than light left his eyes😢
Mad kudos to the boat workers. Emptying those nets must be a paaain
Not as hard and diving and collecting
I followed u from tiktok. I've always felt like the video was too short. I'm so glad I found your RUclips channel. 20 mins of this is heaven ❤
Dude I've been waiting for another long form video of this, THANK YOU
you are an immensely skilled spikey ball collector, most impressive
Bro must be exhausted after so much diving and holding his breath so often. I know i’d be.
You get used to it and adapt after a few weeks
The fish give him their strength, and moral support
I had an anthropology professor who specialized in a diving tribe off the Phillipines.
He said that the people who dive for a living can frequently stay down for 3-5 minutes no problem.
I guess a lung is muscle-adjacent, you can train it
right i'd probably sleep like a baby the moment i arrive home. they've got crazy endurance
@@CoperliteConsumer Genuine question; wouldnt it be better to get an oxygen tank or something like that? allows deeper time underwater and all?
You make this look so easy! I don't know much of anything about sea urchins and whatnot, but I can tell you've been doing this a long time. Gotta love it!
The part with the fish eating the Kina as you cracked it open was kinda wholesome tbh
I dont know how your not overwhelmed by just how many of them there are. Love your work boys, thank you for your service to the health of our oceans. ❤❤❤
The type of action movie description "That's where we Come in" is the type of missionary nerdy skill type I just love seeing
Came for the fish rizz, stayed for the posetive and humble feels.
this is SO satisfying to watch. thank you :🙂
I love these videos !
I do wonder ! How do you pick which spots to clear? I see you sometime skipped over a bunch. Is there a reason for it, or is it purely positioning / breath related?
Cheers! Entirely depends on the weather as to where we dive that day, also we dive different spots at different times of the year depending on the quality of the kina. I'll skip over them if the kina is in an awkward spot or if they're too small. Usually just pick the best "line" for that breath hold to get the most out of that dive.
@@therealcorokinaboysoh wow, so that answers my other question. You are doing each of these runs on one breath?
@@codiserville593yes he is
How I would love to see sea otters inhabiting our coastlines. Just as in Alaska where they were reintroduced the kelp would thrive, fish return in abundance. They don’t have any significant effect on shore life, what’s not to like. The just LOVE Kina!
Im so glad you made another long video! Love all the content
This is like an ASMR. So relaxing to watch.
I’m absolutely in 😲😲 awe/terrified of the ocean unless on a cruise ship 🛳️ but these videos are amazing. I literally could watch for hours ❤❤❤❤❤❤
excellent work!!! love the voiceover too it was a nice surprise
An astonishing piece of documentary footage of what happens when an ecosystem is out of balance. Bless your efforts and for the stark truth you show us.
This is the content I needed!
I love how he always cracks one open for the fishies, im sure the fish see it as getting revenge on the Kina for destroying their hiding spots and food sources + free meal
21 minutes of this?! THANK YOUUUUUUUUU!
The perfect movement, the buoyancy control, the cool tool, the fishes knowing whatsup... perfect
Do you specifically only harvest one species of urchin? Just wondering because I saw that you didn’t collect the big red ones. Are they too spikey?
Yes, they’re only after the kina. The other urchins are fine. The kina are overpopulated and destroying the reef, so the divers go in to thin out their numbers
@@boaz2578no, farming would be feeding and takin care of them. He no more farms them then us Americans farm white tailed deer when we thin their heard every season. This is what we do, humans are apex predators and our place is to thin the heard, not obliterate it lol
@@boaz2578do deer hunters farm whitetail deer during the deer hunting season?
@boaz2578 Yeah, they're thinning the numbers so the ecosystem is balanced.
@@dreamnomore550Do the kina taste good like the japanese or californian sea urchin?
Oh yes! You upload another video! I really like these video btw, somehow relaxing
Love it! Just seems endless! Well done!
All that work on one breath is mind boggling
Scary fact, all that noise that sounds like something frying, is all of the urchin chewing.
😮
I used to live in Coro as a kid, then moved back to England. Those were some of the best years of my life. Glad to see someone maintaining it!
How cool are those Wrasses. They know what's up when they see the Coro Kina boys around. Feeding time.
Watching this at double speed looks insane. 😁 Excellent job!
Ребята, вы крутые! Спасибо за истории! Видео потрясающие! Здоровья вам❤
I love these videos so much! Its so satisfying to watch
I've come to love your videos and shorts, please keep up. Also what happened to their natural predators in the area? Did the kina ever had any predators near the area?
Most of their predators are popular catches for fishermen, and have unfortunately been overfished for that reason. Unintended consequence of that is now that the kina are free to grow exponentially
Haven't watched in a year, still cool seeing you ppl help the ocean.
I like what you do. It's very relaxing.
I was totally surprised when the fish came up and you just cracked one for them. That was so cool, absolutely made the video every time they came up to get some food and you cracked one was a fun time. Glad you did that.
I use your vids for background noise whenever im cleaning, works better than lofi for some reason
I’m from Auckland and ngati koata. Love your mahi and vids
Loved the long video! Thanks!
You need to keep making these they do very well everytime you post them plus they’re awesome!
- I just *love* watching these videos && at 5:31 the fish thought your glove was food aha. What kind of fish are those? They're beautiful 😍 ❤
Thank you guys for all that you do!
How much money do ya get? I’m interested in doing this job :) (I’m a tafe student that is researching marine biology and has a thing for collecting animals.)
I wonder if the full pay is from the sale of the kina, or if he gets paid hourly.
Definitely by the amount
From what he said in the video dialogue wise about it being an easy day, I believe he gets paid by the amount!
I went snorkeling once. Not actually, cause I can't swim so the local guide gave me a swim ring and he pulled me around using a rope, LOL. 😂😂
But the under sea, all the fish and coral, it was otherworldly. I enjoy the experience so much. I never thought underwater would be this beautiful. Love this vid, it reminds me of the experience.
Learn to swim, it's important.Then take up snorkeling. You will be astounded and hooked!
@@juliaforsyth8332 I did, twice. I just couldn't. But I do really want to tho. 😳
We need like a 2 hour version of this, its just so relaxing
How long does it take for the area to recover from becoming barren?
I love how you casually stop and give the friendly’s a feed ❤
My god theyre really everywhere.. I wish i would live in this area
I would absolutely join you guys doing this work.
Kind of a shame youtube puts you in the same column with very bad commercial fishing videos
The fact that this can keep me entertained for 20 minutes as a child is crazy
0:04 life could be a dream life could be a dreammm
HAHAH
Wow your channel grow so fast...keep it growing! Keep safe while diving for urchins.
Nice video, super chill, algorithm wins again
I love watching these videos before bed. So peaceful and i absolutely l9ve the ocean so its nice to see it being treated well
Hello, my friend, why do you collect these? Are they a pest or are they for eating?
pest
Both, kinda. They're like white-tailed deer here in the US. Humans messed up and have made it so they have fewer natural predators, thus their population has exploded. Now, there are conservation efforts regarding those predators, and hunters (like the kina boys) thin the population so they don't graze the local plant life into nothing (again, much like white-tailed deer). They're a native species, but there are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many of them.
@@duskaxe thanks 🙏🏻
@@boaz2578 thank you 🙏🏻🙋🏻♂️
@@geekygoggles628 Thank you for the detailed explanation and interesting examples
I'd love to hear more! How long did did the team dive for. How many urchin did you clear. How often do you revisit the same place. What do u do with Kina later. What are those fishes called. Which one is yoru favourite etc etc You have a nice voice! It would be relaxing too!
I am curious; what is the benefit of collecting them versus a tool that will kill them on the spot? I'm sure there's a reason for it. Maybe to avoid too many carcasses concentrated in one area? NZ kina aren't that desirable or so I've read though I could be wrong on that.
Edit: I decided to google whether people are willing to eat kina. Seems like a lot more than I had previously thought! And the demand is growing. Hopefully, the world will be able to balance out this imbalance. Good luck lads.
For some reason, I find this soooooooo satisfying to watch 🧐😏
Odd question but is there a difference between the Kina vs an urchin or is it just a NZ name for the monsters
they are a type of sea urchin, they are called kina because the Maori (indigenous people of NZ) called them kina
Great mahi- Keep up the good work. I never though that such a delicacy could be a menace.
I can watch this for HOURS
Really need more of this video. Its so relaxing. I want to work as a kina hunter too
I think your gunna need a bigger net . Love the videos
Binged the whole channel in 1 session. Subbed!
First fish’s like… yall got anything else on the menu?
I could watch and listen to you do this for hours. BUT I am "one of those people" though... I have questions??? Do you get paid by piece , by pound, by job??? As fast as you are if they paid you by piece you could be rich. LOL What happens to them after the harvest? Do people eat them? And is there a reason why they don't give you a bigger bag? You are so amazing at this you could fill a trash size bag in no time. Thank you for sharing and helping save the oceans.
Ive read in other replies that the Kina roe gets sold for eating and the shells get sold for fertilizer
The urchins sound like velcro every time you pick them up.
Awesome footage thanks for sharing
THE COROKINA BOYS ARE BACK
いつも見てますが本当にすごいです、これからも応援しています。
いつも環境を守ってくれてありがとうございます🥰
When you break the kina to feed the fish, how do you avoid also scattering their eggs and reseeding the population?
Also, what are the natural predators of kina, and are these kina invasive or local?
If they’re local, what was their original utility to the ecosystem?
The eggs scattered won't be fertilised. Also, will rapidly get eaten by said fish. Natural predation was mostly Snapper (Pagrus auratus) originally, but with those being the second most popular eating fish in NZ, slow growing and easy to catch, there is a lot less around, especially ones big enough to tackle mature kina.
I love how the one on 20:27 stacked and the diver was like: "you will regret this, lad" and immediately cracked it up
Do the fishes know that you're gonna feed them???