Nuisance biofouling in shellfish aquaculture production requires large intervention efforts, farmer costs, and potentially lost opportunities for further shellfish growth. In some areas, these farm activities have received opposition from sectors of the public concerned about the impacts on coastal aesthetics or property values which can limit aquaculture’s social carrying capacity. One potential solution that could help address these concerns is to integrate sea urchins with shellfish. Sea urchins can actively feed by grazing upon the biofouling that develops on aquaculture gear and/or the external shell surface of shellfish. In some areas of the US this integration could help expand the emerging aquaculture sector of sea urchin production as well as creating further economic opportunity for shellfish growers. Here we will overview two case studies using differing species and gear types. In one study we integrated two emerging aquaculture species together, Atlantic Sea Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) with Green Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) grown in lantern nets in a Maine based sea farm. In another study we integrated Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) with the commercially unexploited Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin (Arbacia punctulata) grown in on-bottom oyster bags and cages in a Rhode Island coastal pond farm. Here we will overview the results of these case studies highlighting the potential benefits towards reducing biofouling and farm related activities and grower perspectives for uptake.