The College is located is located in Barangay Tanghas, a coastal barangay of the Municipality of Tolosa, which is 102 kilometers northeast of the LSU-Main Campus. It was founded in 1971 as the Daniel Z. Romualdez Memorial School of Fisheries in honor of the late Daniel Z. Romualdez, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The school offered a three-year post- secondary course in school year 1973-1974 and was granted permission to offer a four-year course leading to a degree of Bachelor of Science in Fisheries in the second semester of SY 1974-1975. On August 24, 1998, the Commission on Higher Education granted the school the authority to offer Bachelor of Secondary education major in Fisheries effective SY 1997-1998. Currently, the College offers Diploma in Fishery Technology, Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, and Bachelor of Secondary Education. It envisions to offer Bachelor of Science in Fisheries with majors in Marine Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Fish Processing Technologies; and Master of Science in Fisheries.