TRMA Trico Marine Services (MM)

Trico Marine Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRMA) (the "Company" or "Trico") today announced the appointment of two new officers of the Company: Sue Kean as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Jeff Favret as Chief Accounting Officer.

Ms. Kean joins the Company with 29 years' legal experience in the energy services and marine industries. For the last  5½ years, Ms. Kean served as VP,  Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer for Exterran Holdings, a global market leader in  full service natural gas compression and a premier provider of operations, maintenance, service and equipment for oil and natural gas production, processing and transportation applications. Prior to Exterran, Ms. Kean served as Senior VP & General Counsel for First Wave Marine, a provider of shipyard related services for offshore rigs and vessels in the offshore and inland marine industries.  Ms. Kean was a partner in the corporate law group with Griggs & Harrison, P.C. prior to her time as in-house counsel. 

Mr. Favret joined the Company on April 16, 2010 with over 25 years of accounting experience, including 14 years in public accounting, serving clients in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail and consumer products, gaming, health care, construction, energy, and energy services.  Over the last eight years with Ernst & Young, LLP and Postlethwaite & Netterville, APIC, his concentrated focus has been on clients in the energy, oilfield services, manufacturing, and construction industries. Jeff's experience in the energy and oilfield services industries includes:  oil and gas exploration and production, vessel construction, offshore drilling related construction, seismic services, offshore vessel fuel distribution, offshore vessel / marine transportation, and crude oil and petrochemical refining.  Mr. Favret  has participated in several international energy and construction client audit engagements over the last eight years. 

About Trico Marine Group

The Trico Marine Group is an integrated provider of subsea, trenching and marine support vessels and services.   Trico's towing and supply division provides a broad range of marine support services to the oil and gas industry through use of its diversified fleet of vessels including the transportation of drilling materials, supplies and crews to drilling rigs and other offshore facilities; towing drilling rigs and equipment, and support for the construction, installation, repair and maintenance of offshore facilities.   Trico's subsea services and trenching/installation divisions control a well equipped fleet of vessels and operate a fleet of modern ROVs and trenching and other subsea protection equipment. The Trico Marine Group is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas and has a global presence with operations in the North Sea, West Africa, Mexico, Brazil and Southeast Asia. 

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For more information about Trico Marine Services, Inc. visit us on the web at www.tricomarine.com.

Certain statements in this press release that are not historical fact may be "forward-looking statements." Actual events may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. There are a number of important factors involving risks and uncertainties beyond the control of the Company that could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  A description of risks and uncertainties relating to Trico Marine Services, Inc. and its industry and other factors, which could affect the Company's results of operations or financial condition, are included in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Trico undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this report.

CONTACT:  Trico Marine Services, Inc.

          Geoff Jones, SVP & Chief Financial Officer

          (713) 780-9926