Aug. 6 2002 - WorldCatch Wave - American Seafoods Group LLC on Tuesday announced that its net sales increased 8.9 percent during the second quarter ended June 30 to $95 million compared to $87.2 million during the same period in the prior year.

EBITDA (net income before net interest expense, income tax benefit or provision, depreciation, amortization, unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses and non-cash equity-based compensation) increased 31.8 percent for the quarter to $37.9 million compared to $28.8 million during the same period in the prior year.

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