Neptune Progresses in its European Market Penetration of Neptune Krill Oil

Laval Quebec CANADA, November 29, 2005 - Neptune Technologies and Bioressources (NTB: TSX-V) is pleased to announce that Neptune Krill Oil and its Logo and Trademark have been approved and registered by the European Registration Office. The “Direction Départementale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes” (DDCCRF) analyzed NKO™, under the Neptune Trademark – “Polar Oil”, and found that it completely conforms to their requirements.

Tina Sampalis M.D., Ph.D., Vice-President, Research/Business Development for Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc, states “these approvals open the European market for Neptune’s product – NKO™; this adds 860,000,000 potential consumers to Neptune’s target market.”

The Neptune team is presently attending the “Food Ingredients Trade Show– Europe”, in Paris (Nov.29 – Dec.01) in order to introduce Neptune products in Europe and to meet with potential strategic partners already showing interest in NKO™.

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Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. develops high value added nutritional products from underexploited marine biomasses, such as krill, with its patented extraction process (Neptune OceanExtract™). Using an exclusive process, Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. is well positioned in the $182 billion global nutrition market (Nutrition Business Journal, Oct/Nov 2004) of health and wellness concepts. Natural biomass extraction is now playing an important role in developing nutrigenomics, the next wave in nutritional research. Through strategic alliances and partnerships, as well as through clinical studies, the Company continues to demonstrate the immense beneficial effects of these products. The Company develops and markets new formulas and new products for specific applications in high growth markets such the nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, biopharmaceutical and nutrigenomics markets.

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