The Dean of the College of Fisheries, Dr. Ravelina R. Velasco and Mr. Jemuel S. Doctolero, College Secretary prepared a Center of Excellence proposal on August 2018 and approved on December 2018 with 3 Million pesos for the project entitled “Advancing Fisheries Science  through Scaling up the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in a Demand Driven Industry-Academe Alliances. The first tranche amounting to Php 2.1 M was released on September 30,2019.