ABSTRACT1. Most of the people working in the field of marine protection share a common goal: that decision-makers, stakeholders, and the public should see marine protection as a priority and dedicate a portion of their attention and resources to it, making decisions and taking actions that reflect the value of marine protection to ecological and human well-being.2. If this goal is to be achieved, the field of marine protection needs to embrace the field of communication in a more concerted manner.3. This paper outlines some of the latest trends, principles and issues relevant to communication in marine protection and illustrates these with a range of examples. Some of the key themes emerging from this review are discussed.4. A number of strategies for strengthening the role of communications are discussed, including means for those involved in marine protection communications to connect with each other, increased testing and sharing of examples, the use of grounded theory methods to continuously define lessons and principles, and ways to increase coordination between marine protection organizations.5. It is the intention that this paper will mark the beginning of a stronger cross-disciplinary field of study, and that such a field will in turn advance marine protection locally and globally.6. Readers can contribute to this goal and emerging field by connecting with each other around strategies, ideas and examples.

1. Most of the people working in the field of marine protection share a common goal: that decision makers, stakeholders, and the public should see marine protection as a priority and dedicate a portion of their attention and resources to it, making decisions and taking actions that reflect the value of marine protection to ecological and human well-being. 2. If this goal is to be achieved, the field of marine protection needs to embrace the field of communication in a more concerted manner. 3. In this paper we outline some of the latest trends, principles and issues relevant to communication in marine protection and illustrated these with a range of examples. We discuss key themes emerging from our review. 4. We outline a number of strategies for strengthening the role of communications, including means for those involved in marine protection communications to connect with each other, increased testing and sharing of examples, the use of grounded theory methods to continuously define lessons and principles, and ways to increase coordination between marine protection organizations. 5. It is our hope and intention that this paper will mark the beginning of a stronger cross-disciplinary field of study, and that such a field will in turn advance marine protection locally and globally. 6. Readers can contribute to this goal and emerging field by connecting with each other and with us around strategies, ideas and examples.

Résumé Le « paysage sous-marin » est-il un objet géographique et scientifique en France ? La géographie « classique » de la mer ne conteste pas la réalité de cette expression mais ne lui confère pas de pertinence opératoire. De la même façon, les biologistes et écologues marins ont privilégié d’autres concepts. En partie absent des réflexions scientifiques françaises, le « paysage sous-marin » s’est immiscé depuis peu dans un corpus qui se doit d’être, avant tout, transdisciplinaire et ouvert sur des rapports de culture et de nature tout en intégrant les thématiques propres à la géographie, à savoir la cartographie et les problèmes scalaires et d’emboîtements d’échelles.

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