Ian Kenneth Fergusson is a BBC Weather Presenter, Fellow of the

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and a Chartered Biologist specialising on

shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the ...

s, especially species inhabiting the

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. Fergusson works for the BBC (

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) presenting TV weather on regional TV news programme

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, BBC Local Radio and forecasting for BBC's

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multimedia coverage. He maintains a dedicated Twitter feed throughout each F1 race weekend, providing circuit-specific forecasts (@fergieweather). He was presenter for two BBC ONE documentaries – "Wild Weather" – in 2011 and 2013. In 2013, he was elected as a Fellow of the

(FRMetS). He has authored or co-authored a number of papers in marine biological science journals since 1993. Much of his research has focussed on biology of the

great white shark The great white shark (''Carcharodon carcharias''), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large Lamniformes, mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major ocea ...

in Mediterranean and north-eastern Atlantic waters. A dedicated marine conservationist, Fergusson was a founding trustee, inaugural chairman and now a patron of the Shark Trust, a wildlife charity formed in 1997 and based in Plymouth, UK. Since 1994, he has served as a member of the

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(World Conservation Union) Shark Specialist Group, assisting with preparation of Red List status accounts. He is professionally qualified as a

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(CBiol) and member (MRSB) of the

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. He has worked on and appeared in various TV documentaries about sharks since the early 1990s and is credited as scientific advisor for the Emmy-awarded 1995 production ''Great White Shark:'' A Wildlife Special, co-produced by the BBC with National Geographic. In 2007 Fergusson won a Craft Award for camerawork from the

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in Bristol.Royal Television Society, West of England Awards 2007, categories and winners listed at http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?art_id=7346&sec_id=3620

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