Research areas
Dr. Tania Mendo focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to achieving effective management of small-scale coastal fisheries – a global challenge for sustainable development, that is vital for millions of people. She is most interested in research that informs policy and focuses on the development of methods and indicators to secure a just space for small-scale fishers in the blue economy. Fishers are the largest group of users of the marine space, however, they are often marginalised and not included in the marine spatial planning process. I specifically focus on the development and incorporation of socio-economic indicators to adequately represent the contribution of small-scale fishers for employment, poverty alleviation, and food security and in developing statistical methods to adequately represent fishers use of marine space. While these methods are heavily statistically driven, in order to communicate with stakeholders and policy makers, Tania has developed user-friendly interfaces to visualise temporal changes in spatial data and convey information more effectively. Her research philosophy is based on applying scientifically robust and reproducible techniques to address stakeholder challenges.
Some of the topics that Tania is currently exploring are:
- Robust mathematical and modelling techniques including machine learning approaches to understand behaviour decision making and displacement in space.
- How do we secure blue justice for small scale fisheries and incorporate this into marine spatial planning?
- What are the adaptation strategies and drivers increasing resilience in fishing communities – can we use different perspectives/lenses to understand these?
- Changes in agroecological production systems in hyper-arid areas due to climate change.
Some of the projects that Tania is currently working on or has worked on are:
, which aims to digitize fisheries management to the best interests of both the fishers and the fish and obtain better work conditions and more accurate catch reporting in the fisheries at large.
Aimed at improving the protection of the marine environment and marine resources in the Northeast Atlantic. By engaging small-scale fisheries and facilitating a collaborative approach between stakeholders, the project seeks to establish an ecosystem-sensitive approach to management of small-scale fisheries in the area.
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PhD supervision
- ElizabethÌýAgyekumwaa
- IsabellaÌýPrado
- TamsinÌýRigold
- PedroÌýWarner
Selected publications
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Open access
Travezaño Ambrosio, A., Mendo, J., Sarmiento-Nafate, S., Villalobos Toledo, J., Gozzer-Wuest, R., Grillo-Núñez, J., James, M., Gomez-Oré, I., Delgado, R., Fernández, J., Loza-Choque, K., Fuentevilla, C. & Mendo, T., 1 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS). 39, 2, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Lattanzi, P., Mendo, T., Galdelli, A. & Tassetti, A. N., 1 Mar 2026, In: Ecological Informatics. 94, 21 p., 103670.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Lattanzi, P., Vasapollo, C., Samarão, J., Galdelli, A., Mendo, T., Rufino, M., Bolognini, L. & Tassetti, A. N., 1 Jun 2026, In: SoftwareX. 34, 8 p., 102579.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mendo, T., Mujal-Colilles, A., Hjorleifsson, E., Lattanzi, P., Marsaglia, L., James, M., Rufino, M. M., Holah, H., Tully, O., Rodriguez-Gutierrez, J., Jonsson, P., Mugerza, E., Egekvist, J., Emery, T., Ladd-Jones, H., Course, G., Rodriguez, J., Mateo, M., von Dorrien, C. & Carvalho, A. N. & 2 others, , Aug 2026, In: Marine Policy. 190, p. 1-10 10 p., 107139.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Roa-Ureta, R. H., Li, G., Chen, X., Ibáñez, C. M., Belmar-Salinas, K., Ianelli, J. N., Gozzer-Wuest, R., Alonso-Población, E., Arkhipkin, A. I., Mendo, T., ElÃas, E., Peralta, M., Escarabay, T. A. & Wiff, R., 4 Sept 2025, In: Science. 389, 6764, p. 985-985 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Hope, J., Bastia, T., Cox, R., Jenkins, K., Lemanski, C., Mendo, T., Meth, P., Moeller, N., Okafor-Yarwood, I., O'Hare, P., Ray, C. & Williams, G., 28 Jul 2025, The Routledge handbook of field research. Hammett, D. & Holmes, N. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 129-138 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Rufino, M. M., Mujal-Colilles, A., Russo, T., Stelzenmüller, V., Gaspar, M., RodrÃguez-Gutiérrez, J., Fernández, D. C., Ruiz, M. S., Egekvist, J., Rodriguez, J., Martinez, R., vonÌýDorrien, C., Jonsson, P., Mateo, M., Schulze, T. & Mendo, T., Aug 2025, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82, 8, p. 1-11 11 p., fsaf123.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mendo, T., Mujal-Colilles, A., Stounberg, J., Glemarec, G., Egekvist, J., Mugerza, E., Rufino, M., Swift, R. & James, M., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. Advance Article, 12 p., fsad209.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mendo, T., Ransijn, J., Durbach, I., Gibson, T., James, M., Swift, R. & Muench, A., Nov 2024, Lowestoft: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). (Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FiSMaDiM); no. 3)
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Open access
Davies, A., Laurie, N. & Mendo, T., 26 Apr 2024, Transnational island museologies. Brown, K., Brown, J. & González Rueda, A. (eds.). Paris: ICOFOM, p. 75-79 5 p. (ICOFOM materials for discussion).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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