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Håfa Adai,

 

We are the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources

We at the Guam Department of Agriculture’s Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Fisheries Section are tasked with protecting Guam’s varied aquatic resources including coral reefs, marine life and freshwater flora and fauna. The Department of Agriculture’s Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and age in the delivery of services to program participants and beneficiaries, employees, applicants and others.

 

Following the Conservation Heritage Strategic Plan our mission, vision and guiding principle are: 

 

MISSION 

Working through partnerships to conserve and manage fish and wildlife and their habitats for the use and enjoyment of current and future generations.

 

VISION 

Healthy, diverse, and accessible fish and wildlife populations that offer recreation, economic activity, and other societal benefits, in addition to sustainable ecological functions.

 

GUIDING PRINCIPLE

Society benefits from conservation-based management of fish and wildlife and their habitats and opportunities to use and enjoy them.

 

ABOUT OUR FUNDER

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) works with states, insular areas and the District of Columbia to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, their habitats, and the hunting, sport fishing and recreational boating opportunities they provide. The Division of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program provides oversight and/or administrative support for the following grant programs:

  • – Wildlife Restoration Grant Program
    – Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program
    – Clean Vessel Act Grant Program
    – Boating Infrastructure Grant Program
    – National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
    – State Wildlife Grant Program
    – Landowner Incentive Grant Program
    – Multistate Grant Program
    – Tribal Wildlife Grant Program
    – Tribal Landowner Incentive Grant Program

Aquatic Resources

For more information, visit our page.

Wildlife

For more information, visit our page.

Kontra I Kulepbla

For more information, visit our page.

Piti Pride Tepungan Wide

For more information, visit our page.

Guahan Micronesia Challenge

For more information, go to Micronesia Challenge’s Website. Read about the Micronesia Challenge, click to their fact sheet: Guam MC Brochure.

“KIK It With Us” Blog

Visit our blog here, “KIK IT WITH US”.

For more information visit http://www.guamcoralreefs.com/.

Educational Outreach

For more information, visit our page.

DAWR Coloring Book

To download a copy, click here: DAWRcolorbk.

DAWR Outreach Calendar

For our outreach calendar, click here.

DAWR Poster Images

Fish Identification Posters

Reef Fishes
Oceanic Fish Poster
Help Save Our Reef Poster

Help Save Guam’s Reef

Tips to “Help Save Guam’s Reefs” click for brochure here: Ridge to Reef Brochure.

View “25 Things You Can Do To Save Coral Reef”: 25 things you can do to save coral reefs.

See the Poster: Click Here.

For Educators, please e-mail your presentation requests to jmdguam@gmail.com.

Thank you for your interest!

Our Living Reef

Our Living Reef project is funded through grant F-14-R-1 from the U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Division of Federal Assistance, Sport Fish Restoration Program for Guam and administered through the Department of Agriculture, Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources.

Please use the website at OurLivingReef.com to view this project.

Species Fact Sheet

This link will take you to Guam Species Fact Sheets: http://dawr.guam.gov/DAWR-F&W_Fact_Sheet.pdf.

Tide Charts

For a printable version, click here:

January – December 2016: 2016 Tide Charts for Apra Harbor2

OUR LEADERSHIP

Chelsa D. Muña

Chelsa D. Muña

Director, Guam DoAg

E-mail: Chelsa.Muna@doag.guam.gov

Tel: (671) 300-7965

Roy Gamboa

Deputy Director, Guam DoAg

E-mail:  Roy.Gamboa@doag.guam.gov

Tel: (671) 300-7965

 

Jay Gutierrez

Jay Gutierrez

Chief, DAWR

 E-mail:  Jay.Gutierrez@doag.guam.gov

Tel: (671) 735-0285
Fax: (671) 734-3154

 

Jason S. Biggs, Ph.D.

Jason S. Biggs, Ph.D.

Assistant Chief, DAWR

E-mail:  Jason.Biggs@doag.guam.gov

Tel: (671) 735-0283
Fax: (671) 734-3154