Omega Protein Inc. is a subsidiary of Omega Protein Corporation. It operates as Omega Protein Corporation s menhaden processing business. Omega Protein Corporation, a publicly traded company, is one of the largest processors, marketers and distributors of fishmeal and fish oil products in the United States. The company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from menhaden, a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. It serves a wide market segments, such as animal, plant and human nutrition, industrial applications and shipyard services. Omega Protein Corporation s other subsidiary Omega Shipyard Inc. provides shoreside maintenance for the fishing fleet.