Sea stars on Bruny Island

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Here Julian was interviewed on a Bruny Island beach as to why it is so important to collect North Pacific sea star (Asterias amurensis), which is a declared noxious species in Tasmania.

Julian holding a sea star — Julian collecting Sea Stars on Bruny- Photo by Claire Gorman

I have picked up like 40 or 50 something, I have picked up two piles right now. The sea country is special. It's good to look at, and when you're swimming, you want to see the good sea stars and all the fish.

I'm Collecting sea stars, but also walking here. Because they are bad sea stars and they're actually bad for the environment.

Seastarcollections — Collecting Sea Stars- Claire Gorman

And some people really like fishing. But these can eat lots of the seaweed and then there wouldn't be that much fish.

The beach is pretty. And I'm lucky that I found all these sea stars and picked some up. And then I'm gonna throw them all in the bush.

Sea Stars on Bruny — Julian with his big sea star collection- Photo by Claire Gorman

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Claire Gorman

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Here Julian was interviewed on a Bruny Island beach as to why it is so important to collect North Pacific sea star (Asterias amurensis), which is a declared noxious species in Tasmania.