ʻO Big Ocean wale nō ka pūnaewele hoʻonaʻauao hoa i hana 'ia e nā mana no nā mana' (a me nā mana e hana ana) o nā wahi kai nui. ʻO kā mākou manaʻo nui ka hoʻokele a me ka hana maikaʻi loa. ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ke kākoʻo kekahi i kekahi a me ka ulu ʻana o nā kahua o nā MPA nui.
No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka pono e aʻo mai kekahi i kekahi, ua hui nā luna o ka pūnaewele mai nā MPA nui loa o ka honua i ka lā 6 o Dekemaba, 2010 ma Honolulu a hoʻokumu i ka Big Ocean: A Network of the Worlds Large-Scale Marine Managed Areas. Ua hui pū ʻia e ka Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and World Heritage Site a me ka Phoenix Islands Protected Area and World Heritage Site ma lalo o kahi pilina "kaikuahine-site" bi-lateral, ua hoʻokumu kēia hālāwai mōʻaukala i ka Mana Mana Mana'o mua loa ma ka koʻikoʻi, hāʻawi a me nā pono o nā MPA nui.
ʻO nā lālā o Big Ocean nā kahua MPA nui, i hōʻike ʻia e ko lākou mau luna a me nā ʻelele i koho ʻia. Hiki i nā lālā ke kono i ke komo ʻana o nā limahana hoʻokele ʻole mai kā lākou pūnaewele kākoʻo o nā mea hāʻawi, nā mea noiʻi, nā hoa NGO a me nā mea ʻē aʻe mai ka ʻoihana pilikino.