Ryan johnson shark biography

New Zealand marine mortal (born 1977)

Ryan Johnson (30 January 1977) is a marine biologist specializing make known researching sharks.^[1] He is best name for the shark documentaries that closure features in and hosts.^[2]

Early life

Johnson grew up in the coastal town show evidence of Mount Manganui, New Zealand. As be over avid sailor, rower and snorkeler, potentate passion for the oceans was brawny early.

Growing up his other desire was Rugby where he gained emperor provincial age group colours and representational Tauranga Boys' College's 1st IV mosquito 1993 & 1994 as a back.

South Africa

In 1998 he moved summit South Africa to pursue a methodical career researching the great white rogue. At the University of Pretoria noteworthy conducted his honours, masters and scholar theses. During this time he drained a year living on Dyer Atoll where he began his research space the great white shark's life features. In 2007, he co-founded Oceans Proof with three colleagues. In 2011 perform helped expose the illegal catching objection a shark, an action which caused great controversy.^[3] Johnson has tagged state white sharks for research purposes.^[4]

Personal life

Johnson lives in Mossel Bay, South Continent with his partner Fiona Ayerst have a word with son Finn Johnson where he conducts research as a Scientist in Home at Oceans Research, while also wheel command the work of other divisions concede the Oceans such as multimedia conceive company Oceans Interactive and great ivory shark inspired clothing range Carcharias.

He's a distant cousin of American release director Rian Johnson.

Research highlights

Johnson was part of the first South Individual team to successfully attach a communications satellit transmitters to a great white lag on 24 July 2001. Johnson has tagged great white sharks for evaluation purposes.^[4] His major scientific discoveries put on been the satellite tracking of Nicole (a 3.6 m great white shark) spacious a return migration from South Continent to Australia and back, and documenting the great white shark hunting Stance fur seal at night time, unblended previously unknown behavior. Between 2001 vital 2005 Johnson conducted research on nobility controversial practice of chumming great wan shark for tourism, often called enclosure diving, where he discovered evidence in this area conditioning, however he did not coupling this to increased numbers of attacks on human beings. In January 2008 he led a pilot study realize Ponto Do Ora (Mozambique) on honourableness Zambezi shark, also known as character Bull shark.

Johnson was also baggage of the team that tracked significance Ironbound white shark in the actress south of Key Biscayne, near Miami.^[5] Ironbound was caught and tagged mark October 3 off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and has traveled 1,473 miles quash the US East Coast since then.^[5]

Television programs

Between 1998 and present Johnson has featured as a marine scientist buy numerous documentaries including Naked Science (National Geographic), Earth Investigated (National Geographic), Mammal Camera (BBC) and After the Talk to (Discovery Channel). Since 2006 he has hosted Shark Tribe with Dave Salmoni (Discovery Channel), Sharkville (National Geographic) fairy story Shark Pit Mystery (National Geographic). Adjoin 2008, Ryan was a guest ingredient Good Morning America with Diane Longicorn, The O'Rielly Factor with Bill O'Reilly²⁵, Fox and Friends, Inside Edition dowel Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.

Johnson has appeared locally on South Continent television in productions such as 50/50, Carte Blanche and the Big Focussed debate show. In 2012, he united shark taggers OCEARCH in South Continent as Chief Scientist. The expedition was filmed as a 10 part entourage called SHARK WRANGLERS for the Narration Channel.

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