Robert R Stickney (Author) Following a PhD in oceanography at Florida State University, Robert R. Stickney took roles at Georgia Southern College, Texas A&M University, Southern Illinois University and the University of Washington. He returned to Texas A&M University in 1996, acting as Professor in the department of Oceanography and Director of the Sea Grant College Program. Stickney retired in 2011, as Professor emeritus at Texas A&M, and has continued to update his introductory student textbook Aquaculture. He is a member of the American Fisheries Society, National Geographic Society, and World Aquaculture Society. Delbert M Gatlin III (Author) Delbert M. Gatlin III, Ph.D studied Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University before undertaking a PhD at Mississippi State University in Nutrition and Biochemistry. Following research roles at Mississippi State University and an Associate Professorship at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Gatlin returned to Texas A&M University, in addition to being an Associate Senior Scientist at the Aquaculture Protein Centre of Norway. Gatlin retains the role of Regents Professor at Texas A&M currently in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology. He is a member of the American Fisheries Society, American Society for Nutrition, and World Aquaculture Society.