Peter Johnson formed Johnson FishSci in 2017. He has two and a half decades of experience conducting fisheries research throughout the U.S., Canada, and occasionally overseas. Prior to forming his own firm Peter was a Senior Research Scientist with LGL for 11 years where his work applying sonar tools in fish studies included leading passage investigations at Ice Harbor and Lower Granite dams on the Snake River (WA), assessment projects on an endangered stock of Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River watershed (CA) and winter habitat use studies under ice on the Susitna River (AK) and the Athabasca River (Alberta). Prior to LGL Peter was a Senior Research Scientist and Director of Environmental Services with BAE Systems and focused on conducting studies assessing fish passage and fish behavior at Columbia River dams (OR and WA) and at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (WA).
Peter has a BSc degree in natural resource development with distinction from The Ohio State University and a MSc degree in marine and environmental science from University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Thesis: Fish Community Investigations in the Kavango River, Namibia).
