Feds must help stop spread of invasive urchins: Whish-Wilson

Rob Inglis
Updated September 10 2020 - 4:32pm, first published 4:30pm
ALARMED: Tasmanian Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson is calling for further action to stop the proliferation of the invasive long-spined sea urchin in waters off Tasmania.
ALARMED: Tasmanian Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson is calling for further action to stop the proliferation of the invasive long-spined sea urchin in waters off Tasmania.

A Tasmanian Greens senator is urging the Commonwealth government to open its purse and fund autonomous underwater vehicles to destroy invasive sea urchins ravaging reefs in the waters off the state's East Coast.

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Rob Inglis

Rob Inglis

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Rob Inglis is a reporter with The Examiner, covering state and federal politics. He is based in Hobart.

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