Milton Love is a research biologist. He has conducted research on the marine fishes of California for over 40 years and is the author of over 90 publications on the fishes of the Pacific Coast and has written such books Certainly More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast, A Guide to the Rockfishes, Thornyheads, and Scorpionfishes of the Northeast Pacific, and The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific. For the past 18 years, and using a manned research submersible, he has carried out surveys of the fish populations living around natural reefs and oil/gas platforms throughout the southern California Bight.