Pingtan Marine Enterprise Provides 2017 First Quarter EPS Guidance of between $0.08 to $0.10

FUZHOU, China, Jan. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (Nasdaq: PME), ("Pingtan," or the "Company") a global fishing company based in the People's Republic of China (PRC), today announced that based on the current status of its deployed fleet of fishing vessels, the Company is providing 2017 first quarter EPS guidance of between $0.08 to $0.10. Pingtan is also reiterating its expectation that financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016 will be approximately break-even to a slight profit per diluted share. The Company expects to release fourth quarter and full year 2016 results in March 2017.

Pingtan currently operates 135 fishing vessels; 12 of which are operating in the Bay of Bengal in India, 13 vessels are operating in Indo-Pacific Waters, 2 vessels have been operating the international waters of Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific Oceans since late December 2016, and 4 large-scaled fishing vessels are expected to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2017. The Company expects to recover approximately 30% of its production capacity in 2017 first quarter, and to increase its sales volume of fish products harvested from these fishing territories.

Mr. Xinrong Zhuo, Chairman and CEO of the Company, commented, "We were pleased to start receiving cargos of fish products from our recently deployed vessels, and have seen trends continue to move positively over the past three months. We have begun to deliver our products to many of Pingtan's historical customers, which have not seen any decrease in demand from China's growing population. As a result of these trends and feedback from these customers, we felt it appropriate to update the market on the Company's bottom line expectations for the current calendar quarter. We are very optimistic for the first quarter 2017, as we expect the Chinese New Year will drive stronger sales. We continue to focus on leveraging our asset base to further expand our fishing territories, and to diversify our product mix with high quality fishing products."

About Pingtan

Pingtan is a global fishing company engaging in ocean fishing through its subsidiary, Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co., Ltd., or Pingtan Fishing.

Business Risks and Forward-Looking Statements

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CONTACT:
Roy Yu
Chief Financial Officer
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.
Tel: +86 591 87271753
[email protected]

INVESTOR RELATIONS:
The Equity Group Inc.
Adam Prior, Senior Vice President
Tel: (212) 836-9606
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In China
Katherine Yao, Senior Associate
Tel: +86 10 6587 6435
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SOURCE Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd.