Closed-Containment Innovator AgriMarine and Safeway Sign Memorandum of Understanding

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From Agrimarine via Marketwire – May 30, 2011

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – May 30, 2011) – AgriMarine Holdings Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FSH)(OTCQX:AGMHF)(FRANKFURT:A2G) –

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AgriMarine Holdings Inc. (the “Company” or “AgriMarine“),
the leader in floating closed containment technology for sustainable
aquaculture, is pleased to announce that it has signed an MOU with
Safeway Inc. (“Safeway“).

The MOU sets out a
framework for Safeway to commence a due diligence process leading to a
definitive agreement for supply of Pacific Salmon from AgriMarine’s
closed containment salmon farming operations in Campbell River, BC. The
salmon are raised in floating, solid-wall closed containment systems
developed by AgriMarine as a sustainable alternative (green technology)
for salmon farming. The AgriMarine system places a solid barrier between
wild fish and farmed fish and protects the surrounding eco-systems
through its proprietary solid waste collection system.

AgriMarine’s
closed containment technology is currently in operation in Benxi, China
where successful rearing, harvesting and sales to the market are
occurring. The Company recently signed a joint venture agreement to
license AgriMarine’s technology to the Norwegian salmon farming industry
through the Company’s subsidiary, AgriNor.

“We have received
positive initial feedback from Safeway who share our vision of making
positive contributions for our oceans by changing the way salmon are
farmed, and feel that consumers will respond favourably to having
sustainable farmed salmon options,” said Richard Buchanan, CEO of
AgriMarine Holdings.

About Safeway

Safeway
is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the USA and Western
Canada, with over 1,700 corporate stores located across 8 key market
areas. Safeway has implemented a comprehensive Sustainable Seafood
Policy and is taking credible steps to fulfilling its commitment to
‘seek sustainable alternatives from sources that are working towards
eliminating the impacts of traditional harvesting and production
methods’. In April 2011, Greenpeace named Safeway the top most
sustainable national grocery retailer for sustainable seafood from its
list of the top 20 supermarket chains in the US.

About AgriMarine Holdings Inc.

AgriMarine
has developed and commercialized proprietary floating closed
containment technology to produce salmon sustainably in its farms in
China and Canada. The technology can be applied worldwide to the rearing
of other finfish such as trout, tuna, and yellow croaker. AgriMarine’s
technology creates an optimal fish rearing environment, offers a better
farm management system with added environmental benefits over net cage
rearing practices and meets consumer and retailer demands for
sustainable aquaculture.

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About Damien Gillis

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada's wild salmon - working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, and a board member of both the BC Environmental Network and the Haig-Brown Institute.