The sea urchin population is being boosted by a project from the Valencia government’s department for farming with the assistance of the Oceanogràfic marine life centre.
A spokesman said it is a pilot scheme designed to ‘strengthen the presence of this species’, as populations have been in decline.
Oceanogràfic centre biologists have been running a breeding in captivity programme for the marine animals.
They have managed to bring 2,000 of the sea urchins into the world, which have reached an age of eight months.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
