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First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund
Declares Monthly Distribution for January of $0.085 Per Share
First Trust Advisors LP

Lisle, Il, December 18, 2006-- First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FMY) today declared the Fund’sregularly scheduled monthly distribution, payable on January 16, 2007 to shareholders of record as of January 4, 2007. The ex-dividend date is expected to be January 2, 2007. The monthly distribution information for the Fund appears below.

First Trust/FIDAC Mortgage Income Fund (FMY)
Distribution per share	$0.085
Distribution Rate based on the December 15, 2006 NAV of $18.22	5.60%
Distribution Rate based on the December 15, 2006 closing market price of $16.43	6.21%

The majority, and possibly all, of this distribution will be paid out of net investment income earned by the Fund. A portion of this distribution may come from net short-term realized capital gains or return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax status of all distributions paid in 2007 will be
made after the end of 2007.

The Fund is a closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks to preserve capital. The Fund pursues these investment objectives by investing primarily in mortgage-backed securities representing part ownership in a pool of either residential or commercial mortgage loans that, in the opinion of the Fund’s sub-adviser, offer an attractive combination of credit quality, yield and maturity.

First Trust Advisors L.P. acts as the Fund’s investment adviser and currently manages or supervises approximately $28 billion in assets.

Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company (“FIDAC”) is the Fund’s sub-adviser. FIDAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (“Annaly”), a New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment trust. At September 30, 2006, FIDAC and its parent Annaly have approximately
$43 billion of gross assets under management.

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