Attention Business/Financial Editors:

Connors Bros. Income Fund Announces August Monthly Distribution

    TORONTO, Aug. 20 /CNW/ - Connors Bros. Income Fund (TSX: CBF.UN) (the
"Fund"), today announced that its trustees have approved a cash distribution
of C$0.0667 per unit for the month of August 2008 payable on September 30,
2008, to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 29, 2008.
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.

    About Connors Bros. Income Fund

    Connors Bros. Income Fund 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, offering a full line of canned tuna, salmon, sardine
and specialty seafood products, marketed under leading brands including Bumble
Bee(R), Clover Leaf(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
American Originals(TM), Castleberry's(R), and Sweet Sue(R) brand names. For
further information, please visit the Fund's website at www.connors.ca.
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For further information: Kent McNeil, Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer, Connors Bros., Ltd., (858) 715-4076