FY97 Reports
Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources: Robert W. Anderson, Chief.
Guam Department of Agriculture: Michael W. Kuhlemann, Director. Edited by Gerald W. Davis, Todd J. Pitlik, Gary Wiles.
Period covered: October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1997.
Section 1 Coordination and Administration – Project FW-3C-5
(Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts)
- Job C-1-1 Coordination of Guam’s Fish and Wildlife Programs
- Job C-3-1 Public Information and Education of Guam’s Fish and Wildlife Restoration and Endangered Species Programs
Section II Guam Fisheries Investigations – Project F-1R-5
(Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act)
- Job F-1-1-1 Offshore Fisheries Survey
- Job F-1-1-2 Inshore Fisheries Survey
- Job F-2-1-1 Freshwater Monitoring
- Job F-3-1 Technical Guidance to Projects Affecting Guam’s Fish Resources
Section III Guam Fisheries Development – Project F-2-D
(Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act)
- Job F-2-D-6 Marine Fish Habitat Improvement and Aggregating Devices
- Job F-2-D-7 Merizo Pier and Boat Ramp Facility
- Job F-2-D-9 Development of Inshore Fishing Access Facilities
- Job F-2-D-10 Restoration of Masso Reservoir
- Job F-2-D-11 Fabrication and Deployment of Shallow Water Moorings
- Job F-2-D-12 Maintenance and Redeployment of FADs and SWMs
Non-Federally Funded Projects
Section IV Guam Wildlife Investigation Project W-1R-5
(Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act)
- Job W 1-1-1 Determination of Current Population Size and Distribution of Guam Deer
- Job W 1-2-1 Population Size and Distribution of Wild Pigs on Guam
- Job W 2-1-2 Population Numbers and Distribution of Philippine Turtle Doves
- Job W 2-2-1 Population Size and Distribution of Black Francolin on Guam
- Job W 3-1-1 Population Size and Distribution of Wild Asiatic Water Buffalo on Guam
- Job W 4-1-1 Survey and Inventory of Non-Game Birds
- Job W 4-1-2 Survey for Mariana Crows and Their Nest Sites
- Job W 5-1-1 Natural History, Biology, and Habitat Protection for Marianas Fruit Bats
- Job W 5-1-4 Roost Site Characteristics of Marianas Fruit Bats
- Job W 6-1 Technical Guidance to Projects Affecting Guam’s Wildlife Resources
Section V Guam Endangered Species Investigation Project E-1-12
(Section 6 – Endangered Species Act of 1973)
- Job 4-1 Captive Breeding of Endangered Native Birds
- Job 4-2 Development of an Experimental Population of Guam Rails in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Job 4-3 Development and Testing of Control Methods for Enhancing Reproduction Affected Endangered Native Forest Birds and Fruit Bats
Acknowledgements
The Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Department of Agriculture, wishes to acknowledge the following persons and organizations for their assistance in our work:
Members of the Guam Fishing & Boating Association, the Marianas Fishing Derby Committee and the Manager of the Guam Fishermens’s Coop for allowing fishery biologists to examine their fish;
Fishermen who have cooperated with fishery data collection;
Individuals who have reported poaching activities and bird sightings;
Hunters who have cooperated with wildlife data collection by filling out and returning hunter questionnaires;
Base Commanders of the U.S. Naval Magazine, Naval Facility, Naval Station, Naval Communications station and Andersen Air Force Base;
Security Officers and their staffs at the U.S. Naval Magazine, Naval Station, Naval Communication Station, and Andersen Air Force Base;
Staff and management of KGTF Channel 12;
Print and electronic media for coverage of our programs and activities and for their support of conservation education programs;
Personnel of the Naval Oceanographic Command Detachment, U.S. Naval Air Station, Guam, for providing weather data;
The Marine Lab, University of Guam;
Special Agent Joseph Koczur, Office of Enforcement, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce;
Wildlife Inspector George Phocas, Division of Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

