Pursuant to Executive Order 2024 - 01, The Guam Department of Agriculture hereby gives notice that a
1. Preliminary Matters
3. New Business
4. Miscellaneous Announcements
Regular Guam Aquaculture Advisory Board (GAAB) Meeting will be held on Friday, January 31,
2025 , from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Agriculture & Life Sciences Building , Room 104, University of
Guam.
MEETING AGENDA
1. Preliminary Matters
a. Call to order
b. Roll Call
c. Approval of Agenda
d. Approval of Minutes – December 2024 Board Meeting l December 10, 2024
2. Old Business
a. By-laws for GAAB
i. Update from Melanie Mendiola
b. Giant Clam Endangered Species Act Listing
i. Update on GAAB’s Position Letter from the Governor
3. New Business
a. Division of Aquaculture Office Space and Other Facilities
b. Division of Aquaculture Funding Sources (Local and Federal – Matching & Grant Funds)
c. Division of Aquaculture Capacity Building
i. Grant Writing Trainings
d. Cooperative Working Agreements
i. United States Department of Agriculture
1. Natural Resources Conservation Service
2. Farm Service Agency
ii. Guam Economic Development Authority
iii. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
iv. University of Guam/Guam Community College
v. Guam Environmental Protection Agency
vi. Guam Energy Office
vii. Bureau of Statistics and Plans
viii. Non-profits
1. Guahan Sustainable Culture
2. Farm to Table Guam
3. Island Girl Power
4. Famagu’on Farm
4. Miscellaneous Announcements
a. Recent events
b. Upcoming events
b. Upcoming events
i. Aquaculture Symposium
ii. Center of Island Sustainability Conference
iii. Guam Annual, Aquaculture Stakeholders Meeting – January 2025
ii. Center of Island Sustainability Conference
iii. Guam Annual, Aquaculture Stakeholders Meeting – January 2025