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NEPTUNE RECEIVES LETTER OF INTENT TO PURCHASE ENTO- PROTEIN™

BOCA RATON, FL. June 11, 2008
Neptune Industries, Inc. (OTCBB: NPDI), a world leader in the development of sustainable solutions for aquaculture, headquartered here, said today it has received a Letter of Intent to purchase over 40 tons per month of its Ento-Protein™, insect-based alternative to fishmeal from Zeigler Bros, Inc. of Gardners, PA.

Ento-Protein™ is a high quality sustainable protein derived from insects, which is intended to be a replacement for the rapidly depleting fishmeal made from wild caught feedstock species, for which there is currently a $7 billion worldwide market. Founded in 1935, privately held Ziegler Bros is a leading manufacturer of high quality animal feeds. Ziegler was one the first to manufacture feeds for aquaculture in 1955, the first to commercialize a stable form of vitamin C in 1988, and most recently the first developer of aquatic diets for use in biomedical research.

Neptune plans on opening the first of its production facilities in late 2008. Deliveries are expected to begin by the end of this calendar year, following the establishment of pilot operations.

Neptune CEO Ernest D. Papadoyianis characterized the Ziegler LOI as a “major step forward” for achieving product launch of Ento-Protein by the end of this year. He said, “The reception Neptune has received from around the world since introducing the product is extremely encouraging. Several other major feed producers have already requested samples and we expect more letters of intent to be forthcoming.

Papadoyianis said that recently issued guidelines and recommendations by the USDA Panel on organic standards for seafood, “Make me quite optimistic that standards will be promulgated for organic fishmeal. As the ‘first mover’ in this new product catagory, we have every reason to believe that Ento-Protein will then qualify for an organic designation.”

The company began a research and testing program for Ento-Protein with Mississippi State University in 2007, and recently completed it’s the third stage of validation trials. The company filed a provisional process patent in the Production and Processing of Select Insects into Protein Meal for Fish and Animal Diets in February 2006.

About Neptune Industries
Neptune Industries is a technology company which from inception has been committed to achieving sustainable, eco-friendly aquaculture by innovating and pioneering a "total and comprehensive integrated systems solution" approach to the mission critical challenges facing the Aquaculture Industry today. Dwindling supplies of wild caught stocks used for fishmeal, and the continued environmental damage, escapism, and disease caused by self-polluting net pen systems, have severely restricted Industry growth on a global basis.

Our mission is to utilize our expanding production operations base of all-natural, sustainable farm raised seafood products, as the working platform for the development of innovative, next-generation technologies to dissolve current industry bottlenecks. Further, our commitment is one of systems integration that targets “zero waste”. Fish, organic produce, and waste-to-energy systems synergize to form a production model with multi-revenue streams.

Thus far, the Company has applied for patents and has made significant progress in the development of three technology platforms, one of which its calls “Ento- Protein”; the second of which it calls “Aqua-Sphere”, and the third of which it calls “Aquaponics”. Taken together as components of a whole – this total integrated system solution approach addresses what the company believes to be THE three critical problems hindering the growth of the Aquaculture industry which will invariably cause it to fall increasingly short of growing world wide demand.

Aqua-Sphere™ is a state-of-the-art scalable, modular, floating closed containment system that is capable of concentrating and removing solid waste, eliminating predation and escapement, utilizing alternative energy for remote applications, and isolating crop from the environment.

Aquaponics is the existing practice of integrating fish and plant production through soil-less culture (hydroponics) using the waste effluent as fertilizer. Neptune has advanced the methodology through the use of the Aqua-Sphere™. The hydroponic system provides a revenue stream off of the waste component of the fish production through very high quality organic herbs and vegetables. In addition, as another part of the water treatment and Aquaponics system a derivative product of algae is grown in floating socks, which is 30x more productive than corn on a per acre basis, for the production of bio-diesel.

Finally to validate and test Neptune’s solutions and technologies, the Company operates a sustainable fish farming facility in Florida City, Florida called Blue Heron Aqua Farms, Inc. Blue Heron Aqua Farms currently is one of the leading producers of hybrid striped bass, which it markets nationally and internationally as Everglades Striped Bass™. For further information, please visit the Company’s website at: www.neptuneindustries.net

Company Contact:
Daniel Hickey
Tel: (646) 723-6262
Email: dhickey@neptuneindustries.net

Investor Relations Contact:
Ira Weingarten
Equity Communications
Tel: (805) 897-1880
Fax: (805) 897-1883
Email: ira@equitycommunication.com

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Aqua Biologics is a subsidary of Neptune

Technology must play a major role
in advancing commercial fish farming production, in order to have any chance at meeting world demand for seafood.

 
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Aquaponics

AquaponicsThe objective of research & development at Aqua Biologics remains to produce technology and methodology innovations based upon the total integration of systems. This means using the by-product (or liability) of one production system for the production of a secondary or tertiary product. Hydroponics, the growing of plants without soil, was developed based upon experimentation to determine what makes plants grow and the actual composition of plants. Such experimentation dates back as early as the 1600's. However, plants were being grown in soil-less culture long before such documented experimentation. Egyptian hieroglyphic records dating back to several hundred years B.C. Describe the growing of plants in water ! The hanging gardens of Babylon, the floating gardens of the Aztecs of Mexico, and those of the Chinese are further examples of “hydroponic” culture.

Hydroponics has become a reality for greenhouse growers in virtually all climate areas. Today successful hydroponic operations exist throughout the United States and the world. These highly profitable businesses are currently growing a diversity of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. In arid regions of the world, where the supply of fresh water is limited, hydroponic complexes have been combined with desalinization facilities in order to use sea water as a source of fresh water. Some of these complexes are located near the ocean and the plants are grown in the existing beach sand.

The true beauty of hydroponic culture is the flexibility it allows in adapting to many situations from outdoor culture in fields, to greenhouses, to highly specialized culture in atomic submarines, bio-spheres, etc. It can be used in highly industrialized countries such as the U.S., and in developing countries in the Third World to provide intensive food production in a limited area.

To illustrate the potential use of hydroponics, tomatoes grown in a soil-less manner can yield 150 tons per acre annually vs. 5-10 tons per acre annually in traditionally soil based farming! The only necessities are fresh water and nutrients.

An Integrated Approach - Aquaponics

Growing fish and plants together is a remarkable concept, however it isn’t new. It has been done quite successfully throughout the world with a variety of species and under a variety of conditions. The procedure is quite logical in its application, as fish produce nitrogenous waste in the form of ammonia (and may fluctuate into other forms as ammonium, nitrite, nitrate), and plants require nitrogen for growth. The plants use the fish waste for food, and in so doing remove the waste from the water so it will not become toxic to the fish. This creates the ability to satisfy two completely different markets and double the profitability within the same amount of space.

AquaponicsIntegrated aquaculture is an excellent choice for any areas where land is at a premium. Further, aquaponics presents an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the rapidly growing organic marketplace. Aqua Biologics’s aquaponic operations are integrated into its Aqua-Sphere™ operation in Florida City, FL. While sashimi grade hybrid striped bass is raised in the Aqua-Sphere™, the waste is concentrated, removed, and sent to a methane digester. The methane gas is used to power the air blower to run the Aqua-Sphere™ , and the digested waste is utilized to grow fresh organic basil, thyme, dill, and several types of lettuce in an adjacent greenhouse.

While ABI uses premium hybrid striped bass as the production species in the integrated hydroponic operations, many other species can be used including tilapia, trout, salmon, barramundi, redfish, etc. The fish and produce species can be selected based upon the climate and market appeal.

 
     
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