Paul S. Wills received the B.S. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA, in 1987, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA, in 1991 and 1998, respectively. After finishing his postdoctoral appointment with SIU studying methods for the production of all-female trophy muskellunge, he took a job with a private industry operating a large fish farm specializing in freshwater sportfish fingerling production for inland fisheries management. He has authored or coauthored 48 articles (peer-reviewed, proceedings, and industry press), 99 conference presentations, 11 conference posters, and one patent and other patents pending. He joined the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University at Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce, FL, USA, in 2006, where he is currently a Research Professor and the Associate Director for Research. He has worked on aquaculture of a large number of species in his careers, including many species of marine and freshwater food fish and sportfish. He has been responsible for over $10M in extramural funded research projects during his research career. His primary areas of research include fish production, new species development, and land-based aquaculture system design.