Please email me at manchaci@msu.edu for copies of any of the following publications or click on the links below.

• FAO, Duke University & WorldFish. 2023. Illuminating Hidden Harvests – The contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4576en

Peer Reviewed Publications and Chapters

• Aguion, A., Basurto, X., Funge-Smith, S., Gorelli, G., Iversen, E., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Gutierrez, N.L. 2025. Five archetypes of small-scale fisheries reveal a continuum of production strategies to guide governance and policymaking Nature Food 6, 1020–1031 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01237-5.
• Harper, S.J., Williams, M., Kleiber, D., Axelrod, M., Mangubhai, S., Torell, E., Macho, G., Fakoya, K., Gopal, N., Ojea, E., Lawless, S., Franz, N., de la Torre-Castro, M., Deeg, C., Gustavsson, M., Oloko, A., Atkins, M., Basurto, X., Soejima, K., Ferrer, A.J., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Pedroza-Gutiérrez, C., Choudhury, A., Cohen, P.J., Siegelman, B., Bradford, K., Duffy-Tumasz, A., Fröcklin, S., Gee, J., Kusakabe, K., Appiah, S., Manyungwa-Pasani, C., Virdin, J., Sadruddin Sutaria, S., Siyanbola, O. & McDougall, C.
  Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries. 2025. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02250-5
• Basurto, X., Guiterrez, N., Franz, N., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Gorelli, G., Aguion, A., Funge-Smith, S., Harper, S., Mills, D., Nico, G., Tilley, A., Vannuccini, S., Virdin, J., Westlund, L., Allison, E., Anderson, C., Baio, A., Cinner, J., Fabinyi, M., Hicks, C., Kolding, J., Ovando, D., Parma, A., Thilsted, S. (2025). Illuminating the multi-dimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development. Nature 637, 875–884. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08448-z
• Belant, J.L., Bennett, A., Kellner, K.F., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M. 2024. The benefits of wild harvests to food security. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01023-9
• Belant, J.L., Bennett, A., Kellner, K.F., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M. 2024. Ecosystem services from wild harvests. BioScience  0, 1–3.
• FAO, Duke University & WorldFish. Applying the Illuminating Hidden Harvests approach – Compiling data on the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development. Rome. Compiled by Mancha-Cisneros, M.M. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc9005en
• Virdin, J., Basurto, X., Nico, G., Harper, S., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Vannuccini, V., Ahern, M., Anderson, C., Funge-Smith, S., Gutierrez, N., Mills, D., Franz, N. 2023. Fishing for subsistence constitutes a livelihood safety net for populations dependent upon aquatic foods around the world. Nature Food 4 (10), 874-885.
• Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Basurto, X., Funge-Smith, S., Gorelli, G. 2023. Illuminating Hidden Harvests study approach. In: FAO, Duke University & WorldFish. 2023. Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development. Rome, FAO; Durham, USA, Duke University; Penang, Malaysia, WorldFish. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4576en
• Robinson, J.P.W., Mills, D.J., Asiedu, G.A., Byrd, K., Mancha Cisneros, M.M., Cohen, P.J., Fiorella, K.J., Graham, N.A.J., MacNeil, M.A., Maire, E., Mbaru, E.K., Nico, G., Omukoto, J.O., Simmance, F. and Hicks, C.C. 2022. Small pelagic fish supply abundant and affordable micronutrients to low- and middle-income countries. Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00643-3
• Kjellevold, M., Kuhnle, G.A., Iversen, S.A. Markhus, M.W., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Gorelli, G., and Nedreaas, K. (2022). Small-scale fisheries contribution to food and nutrition security—a case study from Norway. npj Ocean Sustainability 1, 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-022-00005-3
• Senko, J. F., Burgher, K. M., del Mar Mancha-Cisneros, M., Godley, B. J., Kinan-Kelly, I., Fox, T., Humber, F., Koch, V., Smith, A. T., & Wallace, B. P. (2022). Global patterns of illegal marine turtle exploitation. Global Change Biology, 28, 6509–6523. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16378
• Précoma-de la Mora M, Bennett NJ, Fulton S, Munguia-Vega A, Lasch-Thaler C, Walther-Mendoza M, Zepeda-Domínguez JA, Finkbeiner EM, Green AL, Suárez A, Weaver AH, Figueroa Carranza ALR, Vega Velázquez A, Zepeda C, Montes C, Fuentes Montalvo DA, Micheli F, Reyes-Bonilla H, Chollett I, Lopez-Ercilla I, Torres Origel JF, Vázquez-Vera L, García-Rivas MC, Mancha-Cisneros MM, Espinosa-Romero MJ, Martín Ruíz M, Arafeh-Dalmau N, González-Cuellar OT, Huchim O and Rodríguez Van Dyck S (2021) Integrating Biophysical, Socio-Economic and Governance Principles Into Marine Reserve Design and Management in Mexico: From Theory to Practice. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:778980. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.778980.
• Barnett, A.J., Partelow, S., Frey, U., Garzia-Lozano, A., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Oberlack, C., Ratajczyk, E., Smith, H., Villamayor-Tomas, S., and Whitney, C.K. 2020. Defining success in the commons: addressing problem orientations, multidimensionality, norms, and tradeoffs. International Journal of the Commons 14(1): 366 – 387.
• Bernstein M.J., Mancha-Cisneros M.M., Tyson M., Brady U., Rubiños C.A., Shin H., Vallury S., Smith-Heisters S., and Ratajczyk E. 2019. Mapping Ostrom’s common-pool resource systems coding handbook to the coupled infrastructure systems framework to enable comparative research. International Journal of the Commons 13(1): 238-552. Open Access
• Munguia-Vega, A., Green, A.L., Suarez-Castillo, A.N., Espinosa-Romero, M.J., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., Cruz-Piñón, G., Danemann, G., Giron-Nava, A., Gonzalez-Cuellar, O., Lasch, C., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Marinone, A.G., Moreno-Baez, M., Morzaria-Luna, H.N., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Torre, J., Turk-Boyer, P., Walther, M., Hudson Weaver, A. 2018. Ecological guidelines for designing marine reserves in the unique biophysical environment of the Gulf of California. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. PDF (Open Access)
• Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Suarez-Castillo, A.N., Torre, J., Anderies, J.M., Gerber, L.R. 2018. The role of stakeholder perceptions and institutions for marine reserve efficacy in the Midriff Islands Region, Gulf of California, Mexico. Ocean and Coastal Management 162: 181 – 192.
• Villaseñor-Derbez, J.C., Faro, C., Wright, M., Martínez, J., Fitzgerald, S., Fulton, S., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., McDonald, G., Micheli, F., Suárez, A., Torre, J., Costello, C. 2018. A user-friendly tool to evaluate the effectiveness of no-take marine reserves. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0191821.
• Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Munguia-Vega, A., Beger, M., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Suárez-Castillo, A.N., Gurney, G.G., Pressey, R.L., Gerber, Morzaria-Luna, H.N., L.R., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Adams, V.M., Kolb, M., Graham, E.M., VanDerWal, J., Castillo-Lopez, A., Hinojosa-Arango, G., Petatán-Ramírez, D., Moreno-Baez, M., Godínez-Reyes, C.R., Torre, J. 2017. Designing connected marine reserves in the face of global warming. Global Change Biology 24, e671-e691. Open Access
• Suárez-Castillo, A.N., Torre, J., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M., Álvarez-Romero, J.G., Espinosa-Romero, M.J. 2016. Ruta de sociabilización para integrar al sector productivo en el diseño de una red de zonas de recuperación pesquera en la Región de las Grandes Islas, Golfo de California. Ciencia Pesquera 24(2): 65 – 79.
• Mancha-Cisneros, M. M. and L. R. Gerber. 2015. Guiding principles for green economic development in the marine environment: Insights from small-scale fisheries and marine protected areas. In Biodiversity and the Green Economy, London: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315857763
• Gerber, L. R., M. M. Mancha-Cisneros, M. I. O’Connor and E. R. Selig. 2014. A framework for assessing climate change impacts on connectivity in the ocean: Implications for conservation. Ecosphere 5:33. (Open Access)
• Souty-Grosset, C., Reynolds, J., Gherardi, F., Aquiloni, F., Coignet, A., Pinet, F., and Mancha-Cisneros, M.M. 2014. Burrowing activity of the invasive red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, in fishponds of La Brenne (France). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 26(2-3): 263-276).
• Anadon, J. D., M. M. Mancha-Cisneros, B. D. Best and L. R. Gerber. 2013. Habitat-specific larval dispersal and marine connectivity: Implications for spatial conservation planning. Ecosphere 4(7): 82. (Open Access)

Papers in Review or Advanced Preparation

• Bennett, A., Belton, B., Shrestha, R., Wade, C., Saunders, A., Karumuri, M., O’Brien, J., Van Deuren, M., Rice, E., Axelrod, M., Mancha-Cisneros, M. M., Liverpool-Tasie, L. S. O. In review. Inland aquatic food systems under climate change. Fish and Fisheries.
• Cronin, M.R., Finkbeiner, E., Virdin, J., Carmine, G., Dalton, K.H., Fitzpatrick, J., Hicks, C. C., Mancha-Cisneros, M.M.,Basurto, X. In review. A small-scale and industrial fishing interaction index for sustainable development goals. Nature Food
• Mancha-Cisneros M.M., Gorelli, G., Aguion-Tarrio, A., Nico, G., Basurto, X., Gutierrez, N., Funge-Smith, S., Mills, D., Virdin. J., Vanuccini, S., Franz, N., Westlund, L., Thilsted, S., Simmance, F., Harper, S., et al. In prep. Not all that counts is counted: Developing a boundary-spanning approach to understand the diverse contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development.