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Sea Urchin, Mussels & Seaweed - Near Salt Point!
Sat, Dec 06
|Stillwater Cove, Sonoma
Learn to harvest and prepare coastal delicacies. Sea urchin have overpopulated the Sonoma & Mendocino Coast. Mussel season has begun and seaweed is still clinging to the rocks!
Time & Location
Dec 06, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Stillwater Cove, Sonoma, Jenner, CA 95450, USA
About the event
There's been an explosion of purple sea urchin along the California Coast. These creatures are not invasive, but rather signify an ecosystem out of balance. In this workshop you'll learn about how they threaten the bull kelp that has been disappearing along our coast due to a perfect storm of environmental stressors that are related to climate change. We'll also talk about how the vital role that bull kelps plays in the ecosystem.
For this workshop, you'll need a one day or seasonal fishing license if you want to collect sea urchin and mussels.
If not, you are welcome to watch us collect and help us clean them and join in prepping and eating the uni. Please bring a cooler to take sea urchin, mussels and seaweed home with you.
We'll be cooking mussels and sea urchin on a live fire. If you attend mushroom camp that day and would like…