After three pages of acronyms, you come across this awesome Hawaiian phrase in the vision section of the state’s new Ocean Resources Management Plan, which Gov. Abercrombie signed Thursday.

It sets the tone for the 156-page update of the 2006 plan. Aside from new photos and a more user-friendly feel, the biggest difference in the new plan is the inclusion of performance measurements.

Hawaii officials don’t want this to be another great plan that sits on the shelf, so they are trying to incorporate metrics to track where the state is now and where it wants to be.

There are goals galore. (The word “goal” appears 237 times in the plan.) Priorities range from appropriate coastal development to cultural heritage of the ocean.

It’s a big document with big significance for Hawaii, if it’s actually followed.

Civil Beat will be taking a closer look at what’s inside. Click here to check out the plan for yourself in the meantime.

— Nathan Eagle

(Photo by Nathan Eagle/Honolulu Civil Beat. A school of raccoon fish cruise by coral off the coast of the Big Island.)