Leila Fujimori
Source: The Honolulu Star Advertiser
September 2, 2010

Native sea urchins—cows of the sea—and an underwater vacuuming system dubbed the "Super Sucker" might be the answer to saving Hawaii's coral reefs from alien algae, which smother them.

Biologists from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources are hailing the project as a success. It used the native collector urchins in conjunction with the Super Sucker in Kaneohe Bay for a year.

"It exceeded our expectations," state aquatic biologist Tony Montgomery said. "It actually worked better than we thought."

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