He wāhi o te moana, o te takutai rānei kua tāpuia hei wāhi motuhake, e pukahu ai te tini a Tangaora e noho mai ana ki reira. I te nuinga o ngā taiāpure, kāore e whakaaehia te hī ika, te kohi mātaitai rānei.
An area of ocean or coastline which has been set aside as a special place to enable the sea life which dwells there to flourish. Fishing and the collecting of shellfish is not permitted in most marine reserves.