Diners in sushi restaurants are eating ever greater amounts of sea urchin roe, known as Uni, creating a $23 million (13 million pounds) industry in California for harvesting the creatures, the California Sea Urchin Commission said this week.

• 据路透社10月30日报道，加利福尼亚州海胆协会表示，那些频繁光顾寿司店的食客们目前正在吃掉越来越多的海胆，而捕捞这种海洋生物已在该州成为了一项年产值达2300万美元的新兴产业。