Division of aquatic and wildlife resources; Guam department of agriculture; Annual Report fiscal year 1998

Contents: I. Coordination and administratin - project FW-3C-6(federal aid in sport fish and wildlife restoration acts), 1. coordination of Guam's fish and wildlife programs, 4. public informtion and education of Guam's fish and wildlife restoration and endangered species programs, II. Guam fisheries investigations -project F-1R-6(federal aid in sport fish restoration act), 7. offshore fisheries survey, 17. inshore fisheries survey, 29. inshore aeerial survey (appendix 1), 32. kid's fishing derbies (appendix 2), 37. freshwater monitoring, 42. technical guidance to projects affecting Guam's fish resources, 44. stock assessment surveys of Marine Preserves and control sites, III. Guam fisheries development -project F-2-D(federal aid in sport fish restoration act), 48. Merizo Pier and boat ramp facility, 50. development of inshore fishing access facilities, 52. Masso reservoir restoration, 54. fabrication and deployment of shallow water moorings, 61. maintenance and redeployment of FADs and SWMs, 67. marine fish habitat improvement and aggregating devices, IV. other federally funded projects, 71. construction of pumpout facilities, Non federally funded projects, 73. commercial fisheries on Guam, V. Guam Wildlife investigation project W-1R-6(federal aid in wildlife restoration act), 75. determination of current population size and distribution of Guam deer, 80. populaiton size and distribution of wild pigs on Guam, 83. population numbers and distribution of Philippine turtle doves, 86. population size and distribution of black francolin on Guam, 89. population size and distribution of wild asiatic water buffalo on Guam, 92. survey and inventory of non game birds, 103. assessment of damage to Guam's natural resources from supertyphoon paka (appendix 1), 108. survey for Mariana crows and their nest sites, 117. current status, distribution and natural history of Mariana fruit bats, 124. technical guidance to projects affecting Guam's wildlife resources, VI. Guam endangered species investigation project E-2-1(section 6-endangered species act of 1973), 128. reproductive biology of the Mariana crow and other endangered species, 137. area wide control of brown tree snakes, 142. translocation of Mariana crows, 143. captive propagation of Guam rails and other native species, 148. Mariana crow avicultural support, 149. captive propagation of Guam micronesian Kingfishers, 152. development of an experimental population of Guam rails in the commonwealth of the northern Mariana islands, 160. establishment of populations of endangered species in snake free areas on Guam, 164. Lizard trapping results for area 50, April-May 1997 (appendix 1), 170. Lizard trapping results for area 50, April 1998 (aapendix 2), 174. small mammal survey results for area 50. February 1997 (appendix 3), 177. small mammal survey results for area 50, April 1998 (appendix 4)