"Good accessible information, underpinned by a growing knowledge base and the capacity to take action... Improved systems to promote information sharing, a consistent approach to monitoring and user-friendly reporting at national, regional and local levels...".

Specific objectives for the system are to:

• support decision making processes that affect New Zealand's marine biodiversity
• allow evaluation of cross species and environmental interaction in fisheries management
• allow evaluation and management of aquaculture and Mataitai applications
• improve management of marine biodiversity information through the implementation and maintenance of common database and metadata standards
• improve communications with stakeholders, especially the tangata whenua and the Minister of Fisheries
• assist fishers to inprove voluntary compliance