Blue Star Takes Action to Strengthen Measures to Safeguard Shareholder Interests

Miami, FL, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blue Star Foods Corp., (“Blue Star,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) (NASDAQ: BSFC), an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a service agreement with ShareIntel-Shareholder Intelligence Services, LLC (“ShareIntel”) to assist in their efforts to combat alleged illegal short selling activities on their stock.

ShareIntel will utilize its patented process called DRIL-Down^™ to aggregate and analyze repository data from reporting entities, broker-dealers and shareholders, enabling Blue Star to proactively track shareholder ownership, identify parties to suspicious or unusual trading activity and deploy corrective action steps to help curtail such activity.

John Keeler, Chairman and CEO of Blue Star Foods, stated, “Based on the trading pattern of the stock, we are concerned that our Company may have been the target of a market manipulation scheme involving illegal short selling of our stock over the past year, and we are committed to investigating and exposing any wrongdoing. By leveraging ShareIntel’s patented processes and proprietary analytics, we will be able to find reporting anomalies among market makers, banks, broker-dealers and clearing firms. Blue Star has formed a board committee task force for this issue to pursue the necessary actions to protect the interest of its shareholders.”

About Blue Star Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: BSFC)

Blue Star Foods Corp. is an integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS) that processes, packages and sells high-value seafood products. The Company believes it utilizes best-in-class technology, in both resource sustainability management and traceability, and ecological packaging. The Company also owns and operates the oldest continuously operating Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) full grow-out salmon farm in North America. The company is based in Miami, Florida, and its corporate website is: https://bluestarfoods.com

About ShareIntel

ShareIntel-Shareholder Intelligence Services, LLC is a patented compliance driven SAAS retained by public companies to track shareholder ownership and monitor critical broker-dealer and shareholder movement. DRIL-Down^™ identifies participants to potential abusive and illegal short selling providing actionable intelligence. www.shareintel.com

Forward–Looking Statements:

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