Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources; Guam Department of Agriculture; Annual Report Fiscal Year 1996

Contents: I. Coordination and administration - Project FW-3C-4(federal aid in sport fish and wildlife restoration acts), 1. Coordiantion of Guam's fish and wildlife programs, 4. public informationa and education of Guam's fish and wildlife restorationa nd endangered species programs, II. Guam fisheries investigations - Project F-1R-4(federal aid in sport fish restoration act), 7. offshore fishries survey, 20. Guam Marianas international fishing derby (appendix 1), 25. inshore fisheries survey, 36. inshore aeerial survey (appendix 1), 39. kid's fishing derbies (appendix 2), 42. reshwater monitoring, 48. technical guidance to projects affecting Guam's fish resources, 51. biology of Lethrinus harak and L. obsoletus, III. Guam fisheries development - Project F-2-D(federal aid in sport fish restoration act), 58. marine fish habitat improvement and aggregating devices, 62. Merizo Pier and boat ramp facility, 64. development of inshore fishing access facilities, 66. restoratin of masso reservoir, 67. fabrication and deployment of shallow water moorings, 71. maintenance and redeployment of FADs and SWMs, 76. Ylig boat ramp, Non federally funded projects. 77. Giant clam transplantation, 80. commercial fisheries on Guam, IV. Guam wildlife investigation project W-1R-4(federal aid in wildlife restoration act), 82. determination of current population size and distribution of Guam deer, 86. the population size and distribution of wild aeatic water buffalo on Guam (appendix 1), 88. population size and distribution of wild pigs on Guam, 91. population numbers and distribution of philippine turtle doves, 94. population size and distribution of black francolin of Guam, 97. survey and inventory of non game birds, 107. survey for Mariana crows and their nest sites, 108. natural history, biology, and habitat protection for Marianas fruit bats, 113. roost site characteristics of Marianas fruit bats, 114. technical guidance to projects affecting Guam's wildlife resources, V. Guam endangered species investigation project E-1-11(section 6-endangered species act of 1973), 119. captive breeding of endangered native birds, 123. development of an experimental population of Guam rails in the commonwealth of the northern Mariana islands, 132. development and testing of control methods for the brown tree snake, VI. Law enforcement(funded by the government of Guam), 136. law enforcement section