{"id":190,"date":"2023-01-26T23:02:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T23:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:41:06","slug":"strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3>USC Sea Grant 2024-2027 Strategic Plan<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1XqijR5MHECW1J9YTtBZ8uWJeCoM5Zdce\/view?usp=sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9201\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/08\/USC-Sea-Grant-Strategic-Plan-2024-2027_CoverPage-768x1024.png\" alt=\"USC Sea Grant Strategic Plan 2024 2027 Cover Page\" width=\"400\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/08\/USC-Sea-Grant-Strategic-Plan-2024-2027_CoverPage-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/08\/USC-Sea-Grant-Strategic-Plan-2024-2027_CoverPage-802x1024.png 802w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/08\/USC-Sea-Grant-Strategic-Plan-2024-2027_CoverPage-768x981.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/08\/USC-Sea-Grant-Strategic-Plan-2024-2027_CoverPage.png 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1XqijR5MHECW1J9YTtBZ8uWJeCoM5Zdce\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Sea Grant&#8217;s 2024-2027 Strategic Plan<\/a> was developed from 2023-2024, relying on input from the range of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interests and stakeholders at the national, regional, state and local levels. We surveyed members of our Advisory Council, Academic Coordinators and the California Natural Resources Agency Sea Grant Advisory Panel (RASGAP), as well as a diversity of community members in the region. These included: individuals from local and state governments, marine transportation and ports, K-12 and higher education professionals, coastal businesses, university researchers, native peoples, commercial fisheries (including aquaculture), nonprofit environmental organizations, coastal residents, and communications professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major focus areas of the USC Sea Grant plan are aligned with the four major focus areas of the <a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2024-2027-Strategic-Plan-final_3-8-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Sea Grant 2024-2027 Strategic Plan<\/a>. We continue to prioritize the elements of our research, extension, and education portfolio in order to focus on the most pressing concerns of the greater urban Southern California region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nUSC Sea Grant\u2019s major focus areas are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/Our-Work\/HCE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthy Coastal Ecosystems<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Quality (including <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HABs, DDT, CECs)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marine Protected Areas<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Habitat protection and restoration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/Our-Work\/SFA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fishing and seafood access<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seafood safety<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Aquaculture Projects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/Our-Work\/RCE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resilient Communities and Economies<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resilience strategies<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Nature-based solutions and other adaptation methods and training<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AdaptLA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ports and marine transportation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/Our-Work\/ELWD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Blue economy<\/li>\n<li>Training for ocean\/coastal jobs<\/li>\n<li>K-12 education<\/li>\n<li>Informal education (aquarium, science centers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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