Sea cucumber die-off near Vancouver Island prompts fears of wasting disease that nearly wiped out sea stars – CBC.ca

When Kathleen Reed descended for her usual weekly dive off the coast of Nanaimo, B.C., last Saturday she was shocked by how many dead sea cucumbers she saw.
Reed has completed more than 500 dives and says she’d never seen so many of the deep red echinoderms…

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