Connors Bros. Income Fund Announces January Monthly Distribution ff

Connors Bros. Income Fund announced last week that its trustees have approved a cash distribution of $0.1125 per unit for the month of January 2006 payable on February 28, 2006, to unitholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2006. Holders of units who are non-residents of Canada will be required to pay all withholding taxes payable in respect of any distributions of income by the Fund.

Connors Bros. Income Fund is an unincorporated open-ended trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario that indirectly owns, through its subsidiaries, a 100% interest in Clover Leaf Seafoods, L.P. and Bumble Bee Foods, LLC. Together, these two operating companies comprise North America’s largest branded seafood company. The company offers a full line of canned tuna, salmon, sardine and specialty seafood products, marketed under leading brands including Clover Leaf(R), Bumble Bee(R), Brunswick(R), Snow's(R) and Beach Cliff(R), as well as a full-line of canned chicken and canned meat products in the U.S. under the Castleberry's(R), Sweet Sue(R), and Bryan(R) brand names.