Ka Repubalika o ka Mākala ʻAilana Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i kēia lā i ka pale ʻana o ʻelua o kāna mau mokupuni mamao loa ma ka ʻākau, kahi i mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau wahi kapu ʻole o nā mea olaola, e mālama ana i kahi kahua honu ʻōmaʻomaʻo nui loa o ka lāhui a me nā manō kai hohonu. Hōʻike kēia hana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka ʻāina hoʻāno kai ʻāina, e hoʻopuni ana i kahi ʻāpana o 48,000 kilomika square (18,500 mau mile square) o ka moana, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike kakaʻikahi i kahi ʻāpana ʻike ʻole ʻia o ka Moana Pākīpika.
ʻO nā wai e hoʻopuni ana i nā ʻātoli noho ʻole ʻia o Bikar a me Bokak, a me nā ʻāpana kai hohonu e pili ana, e pale loa ʻia mai nā hana lawaiʻa.
ʻO nā wahi palekana kai (MPA) e pāpā ana i ka lawaiʻa a me nā hana ʻino ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā kaiaola kai i loko o ko lākou mau palena. Hoʻonui kēia hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka nui o nā iʻa ma nā wai pili, kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana lawaiʻa kūloko, hoʻopuka i ka hana a me nā pono waiwai, a hoʻoulu i ke kūpaʻa i ke alo o ka moana mehana.
