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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
25, 2004.</p>
<p ALIGN="RIGHT" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Washington, D.C. 20549</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">__________</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">FORM S-8</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">under</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">__________</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Delaware</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(State or other jurisdiction</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">of incorporation or organization)</i></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">72-1252405</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(I.R.S. Employer</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Identification No.)</i></font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font SIZE="2"><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">250 North American Court</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Houma, Louisiana 70363</p>
    </b><i>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Address, including zip code,</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">of Registrant's principal executive offices)</p>
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    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
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    &nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font SIZE="2"><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Trico Marine Services, Inc. Directors Stock Plan</p>
    </b><i>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Full title of the plan)</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">__________</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Trevor Turbidy</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Trico Marine Services, Inc.</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">2401 Fountainview Drive</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Suite 920</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Houston, Texas 77057</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(713) 780-9926</p>
    </b><i>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">including area code, of agent for service)</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p>
    </i>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Copy to:</p>
    <b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Margaret F. Murphy</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re&nbsp;&amp; Den&#232;gre,
    L.L.P.</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">201 St. Charles Avenue</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100</b></font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Title of securities</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">to be registered</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amount to be</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">registered<sup>(1)(2)</sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed maximum</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">offering price per unit</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed maximum</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">aggregate offering price</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amount of</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">registration fee</font></td>
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    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Common Stock</p>
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
    ($0.01 par value per share) </font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">250,000 shares</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="128" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" height="30"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">$0.21<sup>(2)</sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">$52,500.00</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">$6.65</font></td>
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    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Preferred
    Stock Purchase Rights<sup>(3)</sup> </font></td>
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    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">250,000
    rights</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">--</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">--</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">$ 0.00</font></td>
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    (1)</font></td>
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    Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in the future and
    during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement involving Common
    Stock of the Company, the number of shares registered shall be automatically
    increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule 416(a)
    under the Securities Act of 1933.</font></td>
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    (2)</font></td>
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    Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
    pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, based
    on the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock on
    The Nasdaq Stock Market on May 20, 2004.</font></td>
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    (3)</font></td>
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    Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are attached to and trade with the Common
    Stock of the Company. The value attributable to such rights, if any, is
    reflected in the market price of such Common Stock. Because no separate
    consideration is paid for such Rights, the registration fee for such
    securities is included in the fee of the Common Stock.</font></td>
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  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
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    Item 3.
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    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></font></td>
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<p style="text-indent: 44">The following documents, which have been filed by Trico Marine Services, Inc.
(the &quot;Company&quot;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;),
are incorporated herein by reference:</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    The Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;);</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    All other reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
    Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred
    to in (a) above; </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    The description of the Common Stock of the Company included in the Company's
    Registration Statement on Form
    8-A filed April 25, 1996 under the Exchange Act relating to the Common Stock
    of the Company; and</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the Company
    included the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed March 6, 1998 under the Exchange Act relating to
    the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the Company.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">Included in the documents incorporated by reference
above is the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 filed on May 10,
2004, which includes a discussion of the Company's restructuring process. Please
see Note 2 of the Form 10-Q for further discussion.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
hereto that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to the extent
otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule promulgated by the
Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other document subsequently filed or
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>
  <b>
  Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities. </b>
  <p style="text-indent: 44">Not applicable.<p><b>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </b>
  <p style="text-indent: 44">Not applicable.<b><p>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</p>
</b>
<p style="text-indent: 44">Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware empowers the Company
to indemnify, subject to the standards prescribed in that Section, any person in
connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought or threatened by reason
of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company. The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the board
may adopt bylaws or resolutions indemnifying any person who is or was a director
or officer to the fullest extent authorized by law. In addition, Section 9 of
the Company's bylaws provides that the Company shall defend and indemnify each
person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or
is otherwise involved in, any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director or officer if:</p>
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  <li>
  <p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 1; margin-left:25px">the director or officer is successful in defending the claim on its
    merits or otherwise; or</li>
  <li>
  <p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 1; margin-left:25px">the director or officer meets the standard of conduct described in
    Section 9 of the bylaws. </li>
</ul>
<p>However, a director or officer of the company will not be entitled to
indemnification if:</p>
<ul>
  <li>
<p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 1; margin-left:25px">the claim is one brought by the director or officer against the Company;</p>
  </li>
  <li>
<p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 1; margin-left:25px">the claim is one brought by the director or officer as a derivative
    action by or in the Company's right, and the&nbsp;action&nbsp; is not authorized by the
    Company's board of directors.&nbsp; </p>
  </li>
</ul>
<p style="text-indent: 44">The rights conferred by Section 9 of the Company's bylaws are contractual
rights and include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in
defending the action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">Article IX of the Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the
directors will not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors
except (1)&nbsp;for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of
the General Corporation Law of Delaware, which makes directors liable for
unlawful dividend or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions or (4)
transactions from which directors derive improper personal benefit.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">The Company has an insurance policy insuring its directors and officers
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933.</p>
  <b>
  Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption From Registration Claimed. </b>
  <p style="text-indent: 44">Not applicable.<b><p>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.
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    5 </font>
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    Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re &amp; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P.</font></td>
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    23.1</font></td>
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    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</font></td>
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    23.2</font></td>
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    Consent of Jones, </font><font SIZE="2">Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re
    &amp; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5).</font></td>
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<p>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings. </p>
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<p style="text-indent: 44">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-left: 44">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made and to the
extent required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement: </p>
<p style="text-indent: 132">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
        Securities Act of 1933;</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-left: 88">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
        effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
        in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
        increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
        dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
        registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
        maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
        with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
        in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
        maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of
        Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective registration statement;</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-left: 88">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of
        distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
        any material change to such information in this registration statement;
</p>
      <i>
      <p style="text-indent: 44; margin-left: 44">Provided, however</i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
      apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
      the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement.&nbsp;<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-left: 44">
(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
      Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
      to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
      therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
      to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof. </p>
<p style="text-indent: 44; margin-left: 44">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
      of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
      of the offering. </p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
    determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
    the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
    registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
    relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
    securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i>
    offering thereof.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
    Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
    of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
    registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
    Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
    expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
    claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
    by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
    controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
    action, suit or proceedings) is asserted by such director, officer or
    controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
    registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
    settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
    jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
    public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
    adjudication of such issue.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">&nbsp;</p>
</font><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2"><b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">The Registrant</b>.&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houma, State of Louisiana, on May 24, 2004.</p>
</font>
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    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="359" VALIGN="TOP" colspan="2"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC.</p>
    </font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="359" VALIGN="TOP" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="18" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    By:</font></td>
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    <p align="center"><font size="2">/s/ Thomas E. Fairley</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="346" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="18" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="341" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Thomas E. Fairley</p>
    <p ALIGN="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">President and Chief Executive Officer</p>
    </font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44"></b>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
immediately below constitutes and appoints each of Thomas E. Fairley and Trevor
Turbidy, or either one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>
<p style="text-indent: 44">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>
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    Signature</u></font></td>
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    Title</u></font></td>
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    Date</u></font></td>
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    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Thomas E. Fairley</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">
    <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    President, Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">
    <p align="center"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Thomas E. Fairley</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    and Director</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Trevor Turbidy</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Vice President,</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Trevor Turbidy</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    (Principal Financial Officer)</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Geoff A. Jones</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Controller</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    Geoff A. Jones</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>
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    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Joseph S. Compofelice</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Chairman of the Board</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <font size="2" FACE="TmsRmn 12pt">Joseph S. Compofelice</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ H. K. Acord</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Director</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">H. K. Acord</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ James C. Comis III</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Director</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">James C. Comis III</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr.</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Director</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium; border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:1; border-bottom-style:none; border-bottom-width:medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr. </font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <font size="2">/s/ Robert N. Sheehy, Jr.</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    Director</font></td>
    <td width="34%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">
    May 24, 2004</font></td>
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    <td width="33%" style="border-left-style:none; border-left-width:medium; border-right-style:none; border-right-width:medium; border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:1; border-bottom-style:none; border-bottom-width:medium" align="center" valign="bottom"><font FACE="TmsRmn 12pt" SIZE="2">Robert N. Sheehy, Jr.</font></td>
    <td width="33%" style="border-style: none; border-width: medium" align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
25, 2004.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
__________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________
TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
72-1252405
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
250 North American Court
Houma, Louisiana 70363
(Address, including zip code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Trico Marine Services, Inc. Directors Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
__________
Trevor Turbidy
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Trico Marine Services, Inc.
2401 Fountainview Drive
Suite 920
Houston, Texas 77057
(713) 780-9926
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Margaret F. Murphy
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre,
    L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered
(1)(2)
Proposed maximum
offering price per unit
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock
($0.01 par value per share)
250,000 shares
$0.21
(2)
$52,500.00
$6.65
Preferred
    Stock Purchase Rights
(3)
250,000
    rights
--
--
$ 0.00
(1)
Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in the future and
    during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement involving Common
    Stock of the Company, the number of shares registered shall be automatically
    increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule 416(a)
    under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
    pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, based
    on the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock on
    The Nasdaq Stock Market on May 20, 2004.
(3)
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are attached to and trade with the Common
    Stock of the Company. The value attributable to such rights, if any, is
    reflected in the market price of such Common Stock. Because no separate
    consideration is paid for such Rights, the registration fee for such
    securities is included in the fee of the Common Stock.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Trico Marine Services, Inc.
(the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)           
    The Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");
(b)           
    All other reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
    Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred
    to in (a) above;
(c)           
    The description of the Common Stock of the Company included in the Company's
    Registration Statement on Form
    8-A filed April 25, 1996 under the Exchange Act relating to the Common Stock
    of the Company; and
(d)           
    The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the Company
    included the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed March 6, 1998 under the Exchange Act relating to
    the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights of the Company.
Included in the documents incorporated by reference
above is the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 filed on May 10,
2004, which includes a discussion of the Company's restructuring process. Please
see Note 2 of the Form 10-Q for further discussion.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
hereto that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall, except to the extent
otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule promulgated by the
Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other document subsequently filed or
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.    Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware empowers the Company
to indemnify, subject to the standards prescribed in that Section, any person in
connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought or threatened by reason
of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company. The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the board
may adopt bylaws or resolutions indemnifying any person who is or was a director
or officer to the fullest extent authorized by law. In addition, Section 9 of
the Company's bylaws provides that the Company shall defend and indemnify each
person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or
is otherwise involved in, any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director or officer if:
the director or officer is successful in defending the claim on its
    merits or otherwise; or
the director or officer meets the standard of conduct described in
    Section 9 of the bylaws.
However, a director or officer of the company will not be entitled to
indemnification if:
the claim is one brought by the director or officer against the Company;
the claim is one brought by the director or officer as a derivative
    action by or in the Company's right, and the action  is not authorized by the
    Company's board of directors.
The rights conferred by Section 9 of the Company's bylaws are contractual
rights and include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in
defending the action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition.
Article IX of the Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the
directors will not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors
except (1) for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of
the General Corporation Law of Delaware, which makes directors liable for
unlawful dividend or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions or (4)
transactions from which directors derive improper personal benefit.
The Company has an insurance policy insuring its directors and officers
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933.
Item 7.    Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
5
Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Jones,
Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère
    & Denègre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5).
Item 9.    Undertakings.
(a)            The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)            To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made and to the
extent required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i)            To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
        Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)            To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
        effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
        post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
        in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
        increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
        dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
        registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
        maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
        with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
        in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
        maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
        Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)            To include any material information with respect to the plan of
        distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or
        any material change to such information in this registration statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
      apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
      the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement.
(2)            That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
      Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
      to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
      therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
      to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)            To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
      of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
      of the offering.
(b)            The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
    determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
    the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
    registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
    relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
    securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)            Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
    Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
    of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
    registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
    Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
    expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
    claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
    by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
    controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
    action, suit or proceedings) is asserted by such director, officer or
    controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
    registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
    settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
    jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
    public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
    adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant
.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houma, State of Louisiana, on May 24, 2004.
TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas E. Fairley
Thomas E. Fairley
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
immediately below constitutes and appoints each of Thomas E. Fairley and Trevor
Turbidy, or either one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas E. Fairley
President, Chief Executive Officer
May 24, 2004
Thomas E. Fairley
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Trevor Turbidy
Vice President,
May 24, 2004
Trevor Turbidy
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Geoff A. Jones
Controller
May 24, 2004
Geoff A. Jones
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Joseph S. Compofelice
Chairman of the Board
May 24, 2004
Joseph S. Compofelice
/s/ H. K. Acord
Director
May 24, 2004
H. K. Acord
/s/ James C. Comis III
Director
May 24, 2004
James C. Comis III
/s/ Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr.
Director
May 24, 2004
Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr.
/s/ Robert N. Sheehy, Jr.
Director
May 24, 2004
Robert N. Sheehy, Jr.
/s/ J. Landis Martin
Director
May 24, 2004
J. Landis Martin