US EditionTidewater Gobis Returned to the Wild | News Channel 3-12
- Biologists rescued 760 federally endangered northern tidewater gobies from Malibu's Topanga Lagoon on January 17, 2025, after the Palisades fire destroyed their habitat.
- The Palisades fire, which started on January 7, 2025, scorched critical habitat in Topanga Lagoon and threatened the gobies' survival, prompting the rescue as natural recolonization seemed unlikely.
- The northern tidewater gobies were cared for over a five-month period at two aquariums in Southern California—one located in Long Beach and the other in Santa Monica—before more than 300 mature fish were released back into their natural habitat on June 17, 2025, as conditions improved.
- Stacy Hammond, a senior aquarist, noted that many of the mature gobies are being returned to their natural habitat today, where they are expected to successfully reproduce.
- The successful repatriation restores the largest and most stable goby population in Santa Monica Bay, emphasizing the species' keystone ecological role and the ongoing need for habitat monitoring after wildfire damage.
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Endangered fish saved from the Palisades fire returned to their Malibu home
Hundreds of tiny endangered fish slipped from orange plastic buckets into a glittering lagoon in Malibu on June 17, returning home five months after being whisked away from threats wrought by the Palisades fire.
Tidewater Gobis Returned to the Wild | News Channel 3-12
CAMARILLO, Calif.-CSU Channel Islands faculty members and students have been busy caring for tidewater gobis. They rescued 700 of them from the Topanga Lagoon following the devastating Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and Malibu. For the past 5 months they have been held in two aquariums. That gave the lagoon time to heal from toxic runoff and phos check used to fight the fire. A CSUCI Environmental Science student and representatives from se…
Los Angeles Times
Lancaster FarmingEndangered fish saved from the Palisades fire were just returned to their Malibu home
Hundreds of endangered tidewater gobies were returned to their home in Topanga Lagoon five months after being moved from the area in the wake of the Palisades fire.
LA Daily News
San Gabriel Valley TribuneCrucial fish species returned home to Santa Monica Mountains after rescue from Palisades fire
The Aquarium of the Pacific and several partners have successfully rehabilitated and released a group of crucial fish back into the Santa Monica Mountains, after they were rescued during the Los Angeles wildfires in January. The northern tidewater goby plays a crucial role in the local ecosystem, according to the aquarium. Besides serving as prey for native birds and larger fish, the goby also helps regulate the population level of invertebrates…
Heal the Bay, Aquarium Release Rehabbed Goby Fish Back to Topanga Canyon Lagoon
A group of small fish known as northern tidewater gobies rescued after the Palisades Fire has been returned to the wild in the Santa Monica Mountains following months of recovery at two Southern California aquariums, it was announced Wednesday. Biologists rescued the rare fish in January from Topanga Canyon Lagoon, one of their few remaining natural habitats, after fire damage and runoff threatened their survival, according to aquarium officials…
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