The unique method of oyster diving in Sungai Muar was first recorded in 1858. Oyster bottom farming is a well-known heritage at Sungai Muar estuary. The premium oyster was once delicacy reserved for the royals and high ranked officials, and later exported to the Singapore markets in the early 1900s. A collaboration between UPM and Queen’s University Belfast recently discovered the oyster to be a new species and named it Crassotrea (Magallana) saidii.

PORT DICKSON, 14 July 2021 (I-AQUAS)- Five I-AQUAS staffs received excellence awards in the Majlis Gemilang Putra 2021 organized by the Registrar's Office, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Although it was celebrated without a proper ceremony as in previous years, it was still significantly important to the citizens of I-AQUAS, whose commitment and outstanding achievements were celebrated with recognition and appreciation. In conjunction to this, all of us at I-AQUAS would like to wish warmest congratulations and well done to all the award receivers, who had performed their responsibilities entrusted with excellence to I-AQUAS in particular and to UPM. Hopefully with this recognition, will be an inspiration to the rest of us at I-AQUAS.