Sea urchins
| Common name | Sea urchins |
|---|---|
| Scientific name | Echinoidea. |
| Minimum legal size | no minimum |
| Bag limit | A combined limit of 40 urchins of one or more species, excluding black sea urchin for which there is no limit. White sea urchins are included in the combined limit of 40. Black sea urchin means the species Centrostephanus rodgersii from the Echinoidea class. Note: Black urchins (long spined) are dark brown/black in colour and have spines longer than half of its shell in diameter. White urchins (short spined) vary in colour from purple to green to white and have shorter solid spines. See below for examples, and links to Museums Victoria webpage for more information. |
| Additional information | Roe and other soft tissues must not be removed from sea urchins in, on or next to Victorian waters. You can't collect sea urchins in waters less than 2m deep (the intertidal zone) in Port Phillip Bay. Click here for more information on Port Phillip Bay's intertidal zone. You can't collect sea urchins in Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. Click here for more information on Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries. |
Black sea urchin (long spined). Photo: Museums Victoria
White sea urchin (short spined). Photo: Museums Victoria
White sea urchin (short spined). Photo: Museums Victoria