1. Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Kuala Nerus Malaysia
2. STU‐UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory Shantou University Shantou China
3. College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Visayas Iloilo Philippines
4. Faculty of Marine Sciences and Fishery Hasanuddin University Makassar Indonesia