HQ Featured in Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc.(OTCBB: HQSM) ("HQ") was featured in a major article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Business section on July 27, 2006. The newspaper is the city's leading morning paper. To read the article, please go to: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/279016_tilapia27.html .

The article discussed HQ's new "TiLoveYa" consumer brand and marketing strategy and noted that the Company had moved its international headquarters to Seattle from Montreal in April 2006 to be at the hub of West Coast seafood distribution.

Reported by Dan Richman, the article described the rapidly rising demand for tilapia among U.S. consumers and highlighted the zero-toxin attributes of HQ's product. It further quoted the seafood manager at QFC's Queen Anne store, a leading Seattle retailer, who acknowledged that toxin-free tilapia might be a hit with his upscale customers, even at premium prices.

The article also stated, "[HQ's CEO Norbert] Sporns is hoping that grocery chains including Albertsons, Stop & Shop and Whole Foods, as well as restaurant chains including Denny's and Applebee's, will offer 'TiLoveYa' brand tilapia in the coming weeks." No contractual agreements have been reached and no assurances can be given that such distribution will occur.

Regarding the article, Norbert Sporns commented, "We are very pleased that our new headquarters, brand and consumer marketing strategy have generated such positive business interest in Seattle, a very savvy city that is key to seafood distribution in the U.S."

About HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc.

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc. is an integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing company, with operations based in the environmentally pristine island province of Hainan, in the South China Sea. HQ practices cooperative sustainable aquaculture, using nutraceutically enriched feeds and conducting fish processing and sales. The company is dedicated to sustainable zero-toxin methods giving its customers the purest products possible. The Company holds HACCP certification from the U.S. FDA and the EU Code assignment of quality, permitting its products to be sold in these international markets. It has recently acquired a nutraceuticals and health products company, which is HACCP certified, and produces and sells products subject to stringent laboratory tests certified by the China Ministry of Health. This plant produces nutraceuticals, which enrich feed used by HQ's cooperative aquaculture operations. In addition to headquarters in Seattle and operational offices based in Haikou, Hainan, HQ has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. ( http://www.hqfish.com ).

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CONTACTS: Trond Ringstad Executive Vice-President Sales and Distribution HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Tel: 206-621-9888 Fax: 206-621-0318 Email: Email Contact Stanley Wunderlich Chief Executive Officer Consulting for Strategic Growth 1 Tel: 800-625-2236 Fax: 212-337-8089 Email: Email Contact Daniel Stepanek Media Relations Consulting for Strategic Growth 1 Tel: 212-896-1202 Fax: 212-697-0910 Email: Email Contact