FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ACME SMOKED FISH CORP. ADDS HERRING
TO ITS EXPANDING BLUE HILL BAY PRODUCT LINE

BROOKLYN, NY (January 2004) --- Keeping pace with a growing demand for ready-to-eat smoked and marinated fish products, Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is introducing Blue Hill Bay Herring Fillets in Wine Marinade to its line of all-natural, preservative-free fish. This is the first herring offering under the Blue Hill Bay label.

Blue Hill Bay Herring Fillets in Wine Marinade is available in self-serve, 12-ounce jars. The product is making its debut January 18-20 at the NASFT Fancy Food Show in San Francisco , booth #4710.

“Health conscious consumers are devouring fish in growing numbers,” said Eric Caslow, president of Acme Smoked Fish Corp. “The addition of Blue Hill Bay Herring Fillets in Wine Marinade provides another delicious, ready-to-eat option. Herring is a great source of protein and is high in Omega 3 fatty acids.”

Mr. Caslow noted that the popularity of herring, a very traditional food, is on the rise. Over the past five years Acme's herring sales have doubled. “We have no proof linking the increased sales to the popularity of lower carbohydrate diets but we are seeing a trend at Acme,” he said.

Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is a fourth-generation, family owned smokehouse in Brooklyn , New York . The company sells its products under the Acme and Blue Hill Bay brands, and produces private label products for selected retailers.

The Blue Hill Bay product line is prepared with all-natural ingredients and is preservative-free. In addition to its new Herring Fillets in Wine Marinade, the Blue Hill Bay line features cold smoked salmon in an array of flavors including plain, gravlax and pastrami; hot smoked salmon; smoked Alaskan Black Cod, Brook Trout Fillets, Peppered Mackerel Fillets, Cold Smoked Yellowfin Tuna, Whitefish Fillets, Baked Salmon Spread and Chunky Whitefish Spread. Blue Hill Bay smoked fish are prepared with a European dry-rub curing technique and smoked with a blend of fruit and hard woods.

About Acme Smoked Fish Corp. – a Family Tradition

Acme Smoked Fish Corp. was founded by Harry Brownstein in the early 1900s when he started selling smoked fish from a wagon in Brooklyn . Over the years, he passed his skills, passion and pride along to his two sons and son-in-law, and they, in turn, to their children. The company is owned and operated by Harry's grandsons Eric and Robert Caslow and Mark Brownstein. The fourth generation, Eric's son, David, and Robert's daughter, Emily, have also assumed active, hands-on roles in the daily operation of the company.

The commitment, hard work, passion and pride passed down from generation to generation have made Acme Smoked Fish Corporation the largest single plant fish smokehouse in the United States.