Professor Madya Dr. Annita Yong Seok Kian

Professor Madya Dr. Annita Yong Seok Kian

Institut Marin Borneo, UMS

Dr. Annita Yong Seok Kian is a lecturer at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She received her Ph.D. in Aquaculture from Kindai University, Japan, in 2008. She teaches in the undergraduate aquaculture program and supervises postgraduate students in areas related to aquaculture nutrition and sustainable production systems. Her research and publications focus primarily on aquaculture nutrition, with particular emphasis on optimizing feed formulations for commercially important species such as hybrid grouper (Epinephelus spp.), mud crab (Scylla spp.), and whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). She has successfully bred mud crabs in a hatchery setting and completed the full production cycle for this species. Several of her research outputs have been registered as trade secrets at UMS, and one has been filed for patent protection. She maintains active collaborations with local and international researchers through research contracts to advance sustainable aquaculture practices. She also engages closely with the aquaculture industry through research partnerships and technology transfer. Beyond academia and industry, she contributes to the local aquaculture community through Rakan Akuakultur initiative, which promotes sustainable and responsible aquaculture. She has led numerous knowledge transfer and community engagement programs, particularly benefiting coastal communities.

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Contact Information

Email

annitay@ums.edu.my

Academic Department

Institut Marin Borneo, UMS

Appointed Department

Institut Marin Borneo, UMS

Education

Ph.d Agricultural Science

Universiti-Universiti Di Jepun

2008

Sarjana Sains Akuakultur

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2003

Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Dengan Kepujian (biologi Pemuliharaan)

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2000

Research Collaborators

Research

Projects

18

Active

18

Grants

RM 3,343,853.00

Research Interests & Expertise

Fisheries And Aquaculture Sciences - Fish Nutrition Aquaculture Feed and Nutrition

Publications

Total Publications by Year

NOTE: N/A = Data not available, 0 = Data not completed

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Scopus Profile

Documents

72

H-Index

17

Citations

961

Affiliation

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Research listing

Current Research Projects

The application of local ingredients in low fish meal aquafeed for finfish

Leader

2025 - 2027

Program pembangunan belia tani di kalangan siswazah (probest)

Member

2025 - 2026

Sustainable blue economy and coastal communities: exploring sustainable livelihood, social and environmental well-being among fishing communities on the coastal areas of sabah

Member

2024 - 2025

Enhancing aquaculture knowledge among small-scale farmers through rakan akuakultur

Leader

2024 - 2026

Capacity build malawali community in better management of the sea cucumber farming

Member

2024 - 2025

The impact of different waste management system on water quality condition and productivity efficiency og whiteleg shrimp litopenaeus vannamei

Leader

2024 - 2024

Establishment of sustainable feed and culture system for an effective grouper production

Member

2024 - 2027

Socio-economy – evaluate the impact of the aquaculture technology transfer to the community

Leader

2024 - 2026

Program pembangunan belia tani di kalangan siswazah (probest) projek inkubator ternakan ikan tawar

Leader

2024 - 2025

Setting up aquaponic system for sjkc chung hwa, tamparuli

Leader

2024 - 2024

The potential use of evmarinegro as supplement to boost growth and health condition of whiteleg shrimp litopenaeus vannamei and freshwater prawn

Leader

2023 - 2025

Replacement of fish meal with black soldier fly meal (bsfm) in a practical diet of hybrid grouper, tggg (epinephelus fuscoguttatus x epinephelus lanceolatus)

Leader

2023 - 2025

Keterjaminan makanan dan kesejahteraan komuniti klias-beaufort melalui penternakan udang galah

Member

2023 - 2026

Assessment of the purple mud crab (scylla tranquebarica) preference for various types of marine protein sources

Member

2023 - 2026

Characterizing penaeus vannamei feeding sounds using bioacoustics for enhanced aquaculture management

Member

2023 - 2026

Interaction of nanobubble aeration system in the presence of k-strategist bacteria on water quality and microbial communities influencing the growth performance of slipper lobster (thenus orientalis) phyllosoma

Member

2022 - 2025

Data analysis on growth and production of hybrid grouper for the development of application system

Leader

2021 - 2026

Assessment of postbiotics for disease control strategies in shrimp aquaculture: an alternative to antibiotic treatment

Member

2019 - 2022

Publications listing

NOTE: PUBLICATION DATA FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS WILL BE DISPLAYED

Showing 11 to 20 of 21 entries

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Rossita Shapawi , Audrey Daning Tuzan , Annita Yong Seok Kian , Zarinah Waheed (2025) , Effect Of Substrate-shelter And Substrate-shelter Orientation On Survival And Growth Of The Megalopa And First Crab Instar Scylla Tranquebarica

12.

Audrey Daning Tuzan , Annita Yong Seok Kian , Lim Leong Seng , Gunzo Kawamura (2024) , Identifying Populations Of The Marble Goby, Oxyeleotris Marmorata (bleeker, 1852) By Otolith Shape Analysis And Their Spawning Seasons In Likas Bay, Sabah, Malaysia

13.

Rossita Shapawi , Annita Yong Seok Kian (2024) , Dietary Protein Requirement Of Purple Mud Crab, Scylla Tranquebarica During The Megalopa-crab Instar Stages

14.

Grace Joy Chin Wei Lie , Annita Yong Seok Kian , Ann Anton (2024) , Habitat Preferences Of Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Spp. In The Petagas River, Sabah, Malaysia

15.

Lim Leong Seng , Audrey Daning Tuzan , Annita Yong Seok Kian , Rossita Shapawi (2023) , Evaluation Of Anchovy By-products As An Ingredient In The Diets Developed For Red Hybrid Tilapia (oreochromis Spp.)

16.

Grace Joy Chin Wei Lie , Ann Anton , Annita Yong Seok Kian (2023) , Distribution Patterns Of Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Spp. Following Stock Enhancement Programme In Sabah, Malaysia

17.

Annita Yong Seok Kian , Rossita Shapawi , Lim Leong Seng (2023) , Protein Sparing Using Sago Starch On The Performance Of Tiger Grouper, Epinephelus Fuscoguttatus ? × Giant Grouper, E. Lanceolatus ? Hybrid

18.

Sujjat Al Azad , Lim Leong Seng , Annita Yong Seok Kian , Mohammad Tamrin Bin Mohamad Lal (2023) , In Vitro Antibacterial Effect Of Lactobacillus Plantarum Postbiotics Against Fish Bacterial Pathogens

19.

Lim Leong Seng , Annita Yong Seok Kian , Rossita Shapawi , Isabella Ebi (2023) , Dietary A-tocopherol Acetate Improved Growth Performance, Lipid Oxidative Status, And Disease Resistance Of Hybrid Grouper (epinephelus Fuscoguttatus ? × E. Lanceolatus ?)

20.

Rossita Shapawi , Lim Leong Seng , Annita Yong Seok Kian (2023) , Protein Sparing Using Sago Starch On The Performance Of Tiger Grouper, Epinephelus Fuscoguttatus ? × Giant Grouper, E. Lanceolatus ? Hybrid

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