From: Lori Luers - NOAA Affiliate Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM Subject: Accession Update Request: 0165015 To: _NOAA CoRIS Group Cc: _NESDIS NCEI Archive , _NMFS PIC CREDINFO Hi CoRIS team, I would like to request an update to Accession Number 0165015 Reference ID: 8NA216, for the submission package "Fish, Benthic and Urchin Survey Data from Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (HFMA), Maui since 2008”. We are adding 2024 data to the dataset that ended in 2021! The Responsible Persons will be updated to (remove Tye Kindinger): -Kaylyn McCoy, principal investigator, kaylyn.mccoy@noaa.gov, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division The Dates will be updated to: Start Date: NO CHANGES (currently 2008-01-22 to 2018-10-20) End Date: 2024-10-18 The Abstract will have the end year updated to (see bold and underlined - everything else the same): “Data are summary fish, benthic and urchin data from belt transect surveys conducted by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) within the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area (KHFMA) in West Maui.Surveys were completed in 'rounds', each round being an intensive 4 day survey effort (occasionally with an additional day soon after) from 2009 to 2024. Also included are data gathered by Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (HDAR) in 2008 at the same locations and using the same survey design and methods. Each row represents a single survey of a 25-m haphazardly located transect within the KHFMA. All transects are included. Habitat types are SAG (shallow aggregate reef); DAG (deep aggregate reef); MMX (mixed mid-depth reef); SSG (shallow spur and groove); DSG (deep spur and groove); and SPA (shallow pavement).Benthic cover (%) is extracted from a photo-transect (25 photographs taken at 1-m intervals, 15+ points analyzed per photograph using image analysis softwares PhotoGrid or CoralNet). -9 values represent situations where images were either not gathered or not analyzed.Fishes are surveyed by means of a diver swimming outward and return swims along the same transect. On the outward swims, the diver records all fishes >15 cm total length (TL) within a 4-m wide belt centered on the diver; on the return swim, divers record fishes <15 cm TL within a 2-m wide belt. Fish species and size observations are converted to biomass (grams per square meter, or g/m^2) using species-specific length-weight conversion parameters. Urchins are counted on a 1-m wide belt centered on the transect line. Urchin density is calculated by the number per square meter (#/m^2).” The files to be updated in the existing package are (attached directly to this email): 1. OLD: KHFMA_Data_Archive_2008to2021.csv NEW: KHFMA_Data_Archive_2008to2024.csv 2. OLD: KHFMA_Data_Dictionary.csv NEW: KHFMA_Data_Dictionary.csv Update the InPort XML files attached: 0165015_inport-xml.xml 0165015_iso19115.xml We will be requesting an update to add imagery to the separate accession for imagery shortly. Please let me know if you have any questions, thank you! Best, Lori