IBig Ocean kuphela kothungelwano lokufunda koontanga oludalwe 'ngabaphathi babaphathi' (kunye nabaphathi ekwenziweni) kwemimandla emikhulu yaselwandle. Ugxininiso lwethu lulawulo kunye nokusebenza kakuhle. Injongo yethu kukuxhasana kunye nentsimi ekhulayo yeeMPA ezinkulu.
Ukuqaphela imfuneko yokufunda omnye komnye, abaphathi besiza abasuka kwiiMPA ezinkulu zehlabathi badibana ngoDisemba 6, 2010 e-Honolulu baza basungula iBig Ocean: Uthungelwano lweWorlds Large-Scale Marine Managed Areas. Ibizwe ngokudibeneyo yiPapahānaumokuākea Marine Monument yeSizwe kunye neNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi kunye neNqila yePhoenix Islands eKhuselweyo kunye neNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi phantsi kobudlelwane obuhlangeneyo “bodade-wendawo”, le ntlanganiso iyimbali, yokusungula ivelise iNxibelelwano yaBaphathi bokuqala kwi. ukubaluleka, amagalelo kunye neemfuno zeeMPA ezinkulu.
Amalungu eBig Ocean ziziza ezinkulu zeMPA, ezimelwe ngabaphathi bazo kunye nabameli abachongiweyo. Amalungu asenokumema inxaxheba yabasebenzi abangengabo abaphathi kwinethiwekhi yabo yenkxaso yabaxhasi, abaphandi, amaqabane e-NGO kunye nabanye abavela kwicandelo labucala.