Drake Ssempijja
Fisheries scientist focused on fishing gear and inland plastic pollution
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An assessment of legislative, regulatory and policy gaps in the management of abandoned, lost, and otherwise discarded fishing gear in Lake Victoria, East Africa
January 1, 2025Analyzes policy, legislative, and regulatory gaps affecting management of ALDFG in Lake Victoria, with recommendations for adaptive co-management and lake-wide policy interventions.
Opinion: The menace of Abandoned, Lost, and Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALFGD) in Inland Fisheries
August 1, 2024An opinion piece outlining the rise of ALDFG as a source of plastic pollution in inland fisheries and calling for multi-stakeholder efforts to prevent and mitigate impacts in developing regions.
Abandoned, lost, and otherwise discarded fishing gear in world’s inland fisheries
January 1, 2024A global review of abandoned, lost, and otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in inland fisheries, summarizing causes, extent, impacts, and management gaps across studies from 1970–2023.
Oxidative stability and proximate composition of silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) used for fishmeal in East Africa
January 1, 2021Study examining lipid oxidation and proximate composition of dried Rastrineobola argentea used for fishmeal in East Africa, assessing effects of season, drying method, and storage time.