Omega Protein Corporation, Houston, TX, has committed to building a new 100-metric ton per day fish oil processing facility at its Reedville, VA, plant. The food-grade facility will include state-of-the-art processing equipment and controls that will allow the company to refine, bleach, winterize and deodorize its menhaden fish oil and will more than triple the company’s existing refined fish oil production capacity. The new facility will provide Omega Protein with automated packaging and refrigerated on-site storage capacity. The new complex will also have a new fully equipped lipids laboratory, which will enhance the development of Omega 3 oils and food products. Construction on the project is slated for completion in May 2004.