{"id":5422,"date":"2025-12-09T18:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/?page_id=5422"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:21:57","slug":"usc-sea-grant-urban-ocean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/research\/usc-sea-grant-urban-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Sea Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Santa-Monica-Pier-Research-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Santa-Monica-Pier-Research-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Santa-Monica-Pier-Research-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/Santa-Monica-Pier-Research-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Tightly packed buildings stretch along Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles, with the busy Santa Monica Pier and ferris wheel in the foreground\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Working with communities to solve the challenges of the urban ocean\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sea Grant program at USC is a federal-state-university partnership in the national network of 34 programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Sea Grant College Program<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USC Sea Grant integrates research, education, and outreach, addressing the unique issues faced by communities and coastlines here along Southern California\u2019s \u2018urban ocean\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"links-container\">\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Explore the USC Sea Grant website\"  \n>\n    Explore the USC Sea Grant website \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--home-sequence-card-flip \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--home-sequence-card-flip\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n<div class=\"title-card-container\">\n  <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Project Spotlight: Saving the Fire Fish\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>As wildfire destroyed the coastal Pacific Palisades neighborhood in January 2025, USC Sea Grant provided emergency funding and staff support to help save animals threatened by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Topanga Lagoon, located in the Palisades, is a habitat for Endangered Steelhead trout and tidewater gobies. The fish were in danger of being wiped out by debris flows and contamination from firefighting chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>With help from USC Sea Grant, local biologists, conservationists, and volunteers were able to move the fish to safety. The group later returned some of the gobies to a recovering Topanga Lagoon in time for spawning season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/06\/20\/usc-sea-grant-goby-steelhead-trout-rescue-january-2025-los-angeles-wildfires\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about Read the story\"  \n>\n    Read the story \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"cards\">\n\n          <button class=\"flip\" aria-label=\"Toggle Cards\">\n        <svg 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