Baraka Sekadende is a Senior Fisheries Research officer, and currently a Center Director at the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)-Mwanza Center. She is a multi-disciplinary research scientist, with a wide range of research interests including fisheries biology, management and conservation; phytoplankton ecology, nutrients cycling in aquatic ecosystems and aquatic pollution in general. She has participated and supervised several research projects and delivered the outstanding outputs including publications, policy Briefs and reports. She holds a B.Sc. in marine Biology and Oceanography from the University of Dar es Salaam, MSc in Environmental Science and Technology from UNESCO-IHE Delft, the Netherlands, and a PhD in Aquatic Science from the University of Dar es salaam. She has more than 15 years of working experience, having published more than 15 peer reviewed articles in aquatic sciences.
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| 2023 | Chrispine Nyamweya, Ted J. Lawrence, Migeni Z. Ajode, Stephanie Smith, Alfred O. Achieng, James E. Barasa, Frank O. Masese, Anthony Taabu-Munyaho, Shigalla Mahongo, Robert Kayanda, Edward Rukunya d , Lilian Kisaka e , Julius Manyala f , Modesta Medard, Simon Otoung, Hillary Mrosso, Baraka Sekadende, John Walakira, Stella Mbabazi, Mary Kishe, Amon Shoko, Tallent Dadi, Andrew Gemmell, Winnie Nkalubo (2023). Lake Victoria: Overview of research needs and the way forward. Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.06.009 0380-1330/ | |
| 2023 | Samson Job , Baraka Sekadende, Gloria Yona, Rushingisha George, Blandina Robert Lugendo, and Ismael Aaron Kimirei (2023). Effect of seagrass cover loss on seawater carbonate chemistry: Implications for the potential of seagrass meadows to mitigate ocean acidification. Regional Studies in Marine Science 60 (2023) 102816 | |
| 2021 | Shoko AP, Kimirei IA, Sekadende BC, Kishe MA, Sailale IE (2021) Online course in conjunction with face-to-face workshops to improve writing skills leading towards more publications in peer reviewed journals. European Science Editing 47: e54417. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2021.e54417 | |
| 2021 | Sekadende BC, Michael A, Painter S.C, Noyon M, Shayo, S and Kyewalyanga M (2021). Spatial variation in the phytoplankton community of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania, during the south-east monsoon. Ocean Coast Manag. 212, 105799 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105799 | |
| 2021 | Palmer M.R,. Shagude, Y.W., Roberts M.J, Popova E, Wihsgott J.U, Shankar AswaniJack CouplandJohnA. HoweBrianJ. BettKennedyE. OsukaColinAbernethySofiaAlexiouStuartC. PainterJosephN. KamauNtahondiNyandwi BarakaSekadende (2021), Marine robots for coastal ocean research in the Western Indian Ocean. Ocean and coast Management | |
| 2020 | Painter S.C, Sekadende B, Michael A, Noyon M, Shayo S, Godfrey B, Mwadini, M, Kyewalyanga M (2020). Evidence of localised upwelling in Pemba Channel (Tanzania) during the southeast monsoon. Ocean & Coastal Management .Volume 200 | |
| 2020 | Sekadende, B., Scott, L., Anderson, J., Aswani, S., Francis, J., Jacobs, Z., Jebri, F., Jiddawi, N., Kamukuru, A.T., Kelly, S., Kizenga, H., Kuguru, B., Kyewalyanga, M., Noyon, M., Nyandwi, N., Painter, S.C., Palmer, M., Raitsos, D.E., Roberts, M., Sailley, S.F., Samoilys, M., Sauer, W.H.H., Shayo, S., Shaghude, Y., Taylor, S.F.W., Wihsgott, J., Popova, E., 2020. The small pelagic fishery of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: what we know and what we need to know for management under climate change. Ocean Coast Manag. 197, 105322 | |
| 2020 | Sululu JS, Kamukuru AT, Sekadende BC, Mahongo SB, Igulu M (2020). Reproductive biology of the anchovy (Stolephorus commersonnii, Lacepède, 1803) and spotted sardine (Amblygaster sirm, Walbaum, 1792) from Tanga Region, Tanzania . WIO Journal of Marine Science Special Issue 1 / 2020 81-94 | |
| 2020 | Sekadende BC, Sululu JS, Kamukuru AT, Mahongo SB, Igulu MM (2020). Preliminary findings on the food and feeding dynamics of the anchovy Stolephorus commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) and the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1817) from Tanga Region, Tanzania Kamukuru AT, Mahongo SB, Sekadende BC, Sululu JS (2020). Age, growth and mortality of the anchovy Stolephorus commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) (Clupeiformes) caught off the coast of Tanga, Tanzania. WIO Journal of Marine Science Special Issue 1 / 2020 95-104 | |
| 2019 | Shoko, A.P., Limbu, S.M., Lamtane, H.A., Kishe-Machumu, M.A., Sekadende, B., Ulotu, E.E., Masanja, J.C., Mgaya, Y.D. (2019) The role of fish-poultry integration on fish growth performance, yields and economic benefits among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania. African Journal of Aquatic Science 44, 1-10 | |
| 2014 | Sekadende, B. C, Machiwa, J. and Mwanuzi, F. Processes Governing the Retention of Phosphorus and Nitrogen in Nyashishi Wetland. Open Journal of Ecology, 4, 124-134 | |
| 2014 | Mshana, J.G., Sekadende, B. Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Octopus cyanea in the Coastal Waters of Tanzania. Journal of Health and Pollution 4, 10-17. | |
| 2005 | Sekadende, B.C., Lyimo, T.J., Kurmayer, R. Microcystin production by cyanobacteria in the Mwanza Gulf (Lake Victoria, Tanzania). Hydrobiologia 543, 299-304. | |
| 2005 | Descy, J.P., Hardy, M.A., Stenuite, S., Pirlot, S., Leporcq, B., Kimirei, I., Sekadende, B., Mwaitega, S.R., Sinyenza, D. (2005)Phytoplankton pigments and community composition in Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology 50, 668-684 | |
| 2004 | Sekadende, B.C., Mbonde, A.S.E., Shayo, S., Lyimo, T.J. Phytoplankton species diversity and abundance in satellite lakes of Lake Victoria basin (Tanzanian side). Tanzania Journal of Science 30, 83–92. | |
| 2004 | Mbonde A.S.E, Shayo, S., BC. Sekadende and TJ Lyimo. Phytoplankton species diversity and abundance in the nearshore waters of Tanzania side of Lake Victoria. Tanzania Journal of Science. Special issue on Lake Victoria. 30 (1) :71-82. | |
| 2001 | Wagner, G., Mgaya, Y., Akwilapo, F., Ngowo, R., Sekadende, B., Allen, A., Price, N., Zollet, E., Mackentley, N., (2001) Restoration of coral reef and mangrove ecosystems at Kunduchi and Mbweni, Dar es Salaam, with community participation, pp. 467-488 | |
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| Position: | Center Director |
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| Phone: | +255767384438 |
| Email: | barakasekadende@tafiri.go.tz |
| Address: | P.O. Box 475, Mwanza, Tanzania |
| Fax: | +255 736 200901 |
