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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                                 Promissory Note
                                   (Term Loan)

$10,000,000                                                     Atlanta, Georgia
                                                                   June 17, 2005

           THIS NOTE AND THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE
           BEEN SUBORDINATED TO CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE MAKER
           PURSUANT TO AN INTERCREDITOR AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
           BETWEEN WILLIAM G. MILLER AS JUNIOR AGENT, AND WACHOVIA
           BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SENIOR LENDER, AS AMENDED
           FROM TIME TO TIME.

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Tennessee corporation
having its principal place of business located in Ooltewah, Tennessee ("Miller")
and MILLER INDUSTRIES TOWING EQUIPMENT INC., a Delaware corporation having its
principal place of business located in Ooltewah, Tennessee ("Miller Towing")
(Miller and Miller Towing each are referred to as a "Borrower" and collectively,
the "Borrowers"), hereby promise to pay to the order of William G. Miller (the
"Lender"), in its individual capacity, at 5025 Harrington Road, Alpharetta,
Georgia 30022 (or at such other place or places as the Lender may designate in
writing) at the times set forth in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of July 23, 2001 among the Borrowers, the financial institutions party
thereto (collectively, the "Lenders") and the Agent (as amended, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time, the "Agreement"; all capitalized terms
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
Agreement), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately
available funds, the principal amount of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000) on
the Term Loan Termination Date or such earlier date as may be required pursuant
to the terms of the Agreement, and to pay accrued but unpaid interest on the
unpaid principal amount hereof, in like money, at said office, on the dates and
at the rates provided in ARTICLE II of the Agreement. All or any portion of the
principal amount of the Term Loan may be prepaid or required to be prepaid as
provided in the Agreement.

        Each Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable as a primary
obligor.

        If payment of all sums due hereunder is accelerated under the terms of
the Agreement or under the terms of the other Loan Documents executed in
connection with the Agreement, the then remaining principal amount hereof and
accrued but unpaid interest thereon evidenced by this Note shall become
immediately due and payable, without presentation, demand, protest or notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

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        In the event this Note is not paid when due at any stated or accelerated
maturity, the Borrower agrees to pay, in addition to the principal and interest
due hereunder, all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
and interest thereon at the rates set forth above.

        Interest hereunder shall be computed as provided in the Agreement.

        This Note is the Term Note referred to in the Agreement evidencing the
Existing Term Loan and the New Term Loan and is issued pursuant to the Fifth
Amendment and entitled to the benefits and security of the Agreement to which
reference is hereby made for a more complete statement of the terms and
conditions upon which the Term Loan evidenced hereby was made and is to be
repaid. The obligations evidenced hereby are secured by the Security
Instruments. This Note is subject to certain restrictions on transfer or
assignment as provided in the Agreement.

        This Note constitutes an amendment and restatement of that certain
Promissory Note dated February 12, 2004 issued by Borrowers to Harbourside in
the aggregate principal amount of $4,293,217.14 (the "Prior Note") and this Note
is given as a substitution of, and not as a payment of, the Prior Note. The
indebtedness evidenced by this Note constitutes a continuation and modification
of a portion of that indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement and
evidenced by the Prior Note. All of the indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations owing by the Borrower under the Prior Note shall continue and be
evidenced in part by this Note delivered in partial substitution for, and not
payment or novation of, the Prior Note.

        This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Georgia.

        All Persons bound on this obligation, whether primarily or secondarily
liable as principals, sureties, guarantors, endorsers or otherwise, hereby waive
to the full extent permitted by law all defenses based on suretyship or
impairment of collateral and the benefits of all provisions of law for stay or
delay of execution or sale of property or other satisfaction of judgment against
any of them on account of liability hereon until judgment be obtained and
execution issued against any other of them and returned unsatisfied or until it
can be shown that the maker or any other party hereto had no property available
for the satisfaction of the debt evidenced by this instrument, or until any
other proceedings can be had against any of them, also their right, if any, to
require the holder hereof to hold as security for this Note any collateral
deposited by any of said Persons as security. Protest, notice of protest, notice
of dishonor, diligence or any other formality are hereby waived by all parties
bound hereon.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Borrowers has caused this Term Note to
be made, executed and delivered by its duly authorized representative as of the
date and year first above written, all pursuant to authority duly granted.

                                        MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ J. Vincent Mish
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: J. Vincent Mish
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title: Chief Financial Officer
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                                        MILLER INDUSTRIES TOWING EQUIPMENT INC.

                                        By: /s/ J. Vincent Mish
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: J. Vincent Mish
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title: Chief Financial Officer
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                                       3Form of Stock Option Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
  
 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Stock Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) is entered into as of June 16, 2005, between Omega Protein Corporation, a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), and
                                        
(the “Optionee”). 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”) in order to encourage officers, employees, directors and consultants of the Company and its affiliates to acquire or increase their equity interest in the Company and to provide a means whereby they may develop a sense of
proprietorship and personal involvement in the development and financial success of the Company, and to encourage them to remain with and devote their best efforts to the business of the Company thereby advancing the interests of the Company and its
stockholders; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Plan provides that such persons may
be granted a certain number of Options (as defined in the Plan) to purchase shares of the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company; and 
  
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan, the Optionee, as a director of the Company, is entitled to an automatic grant of
a non-qualified option for 10,000 shares of Common Stock on the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held on June 16, 2005; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the terms and conditions set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee an Option to purchase from the Company 10,000 shares of
Common Stock at $6.14 per share. Such shares of Common Stock are hereinafter referred to as the “Option Shares.” 
  
 2. The Option granted pursuant to this Agreement may be exercised by the Optionee at any time during the 10-year period beginning on the date of this
Option Agreement (“Option Period”), subject to the limitation that said Option shall become exercisable six months and one day after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Option herein
granted shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the expiration of the Option Period. 
  
 3. The Option granted pursuant to this Agreement may be exercised by the Optionee by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Company setting forth
the number of Option Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, which notice shall be accompanied by payment of the full amount of the exercise price for such and any appropriate withholding taxes. If permitted by the Committee,
payment may also be by means of tendering Common Stock, another Award, including Restricted Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, securing a loan from the Company or any combination thereof. (All capitalized terms herein are
defined in the Plan). 

 Such notice shall specify the address to which the certificate or certificates for such shares are to be
mailed. As promptly as practicable following the receipt of such written notification and payment, the Company shall deliver to the Optionee certificates for the number of Option Shares with respect to which such Option has been exercised.

  
 4. Except as provided herein this Paragraph 4 or in Paragraph
7, no right or benefit under this plan shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, whether voluntary, involuntary, direct or indirect, by operation of law or otherwise, including, without
limitation, a change in beneficial interest of any trust and a change in ownership of a corporation or partnership, but not including a change of legal and beneficial title of a right or benefit resulting from the death of any Optionee or the spouse
of any Optionee (any such proscribed transaction hereinafter a “Disposition”) and any attempted Disposition will be null and void. No right or benefit hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to any debts, contracts,
liabilities, or torts of any Optionee or other person entitled to such benefits. The foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 4 shall not apply to a domestic relations order awarding any benefits under the plan to the divorced spouse of an Optionee.
The foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 4 shall also not apply to an irrevocable Disposition of a right or benefit under this Plan to a “Permitted Assignee,” as defined below, by (i) Optionee (an “Eligible Optionee”), or (ii)
a “Permitted Assignee,” as defined below, who has received an assignment from an Eligible Optionee pursuant to this sentence. 
  

	 	a.	Permitted Assignee. The term “Permitted Assignee” shall mean: 

  

	 	(i)	The Eligible Optionee; 

  

	 	(ii)	A spouse of the Eligible Optionee; 

  

	 	(iii)	Any person who is a lineal ascendant or descendant of the Eligible Optionee or the Eligible Optionee’s spouse; 

  

	 	(iv)	Any brother or sister of the Eligible Optionee; 

  

	 	(v)	Any spouse of any individual described in subparagraph (iii) or (iv); 

  

	 	(vi)	A trustee of any trust which, at the applicable time, is 100% Actuarially Held for a Permitted Assignee or Assignees (ad defined in Paragraph 6(c)); 

  

	 	(vii)	Any corporation in which, at the applicable time, each class of stock is 100% owned by a Permitted Assignee or Permitted Assignees; 

  

	 	(viii)	Any partnership in which, at the applicable time, each class of partnership interest is 100% owned by a Permitted Assignee or Permitted Assignees; or 

  

	 	(ix)	Any limited liability company or other form of incorporated or unincorporated business organization in which each class of stock, membership or other equity interest is 100% owned
by a Permitted Assignee or Assignees. 

 (b) Subsequent Assignees. This Paragraph 4 shall be fully applicable to all
Permitted Assignees, and the provisions of this Paragraph 4 shall be fully applicable to any right or benefit transferred by an Eligible Optionee to any Permitted Assignee as if such Permitted Assignee were an Eligible Participant; provided,
however, that no Permitted Assignee shall be deemed an Eligible Optionee for determining the persons who constitute Permitted Assignees under Paragraph 4. Any Permitted Assignee acquiring a right or benefit under this Plan shall execute and deliver
to the Committee an Agreement pursuant to which such Permitted Assignee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the plan, provided that the failure to execute and deliver such an Agreement shall not be deemed to relieve such
Permitted Assignee of the restrictions imposed by the plan. Any attempted Disposition of a right or benefit under this plan in breach of this Paragraph 4, whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise shall be null and void.

  
 (c). Actuarially Held. In making the
determination whether a trust is 100% Actuarially Held for permitted Assignee(s), a trust, at the applicable point in time, is 100% Actuarially Held for Permitted Assignee or Assignees when 100% of the actuarial value of the beneficial interests of
the trust, except as provided in the following sentence, are held for a Permitted Assignee or Permitted Assignees. For purposes of making the determination described above, the possibility that an interest in a trust may be appointed pursuant to a
special or general power of appointment shall be ignored; provided, that the actual exercise of any such power of appointment shall not be ignored. 
  
 5. The Optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Option Shares unless and until certificates evidencing such
Option Shares shall have been issued by the Company to the Optionee. Until such time, the Optionee shall not be entitled to dividends or distributions in respect of any Option Shares or to vote such shares on any matter submitted to the shareholders
of the Company. In addition, except as to such adjustments that from time to time be made by the Company or the Committee in accordance with Paragraph 10 of the Plan, no adjustment shall be made or required to be made in respect of dividends
(ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or any other property) or distributions paid or made by the Company or any other rights granted in respect of any Option Shares for which the record date for such payment, distribution or grant
is prior to the date upon which certificates evidencing such Option Shares shall have been issued by the Company. 
  
 6. The Company may make such provisions as it may deem appropriate for the withholding of any taxes that it determines is required in connection with the
Option granted pursuant hereto. 
  
 7. Upon the acquisition of any
Option Shares pursuant to the exercise of the option granted pursuant hereto, the Optionee may be required to enter into such written representations, warranties and agreements as the Company may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable
securities laws or with this Option Agreement. In addition, the certificates representing any Option Shares purchased upon the exercise of the Option will be stamped or 

 
otherwise imprinted with a legend in such form as the Company may require with respect to any applicable restrictions on sale or transfer, and the stock
transfer records of the Company will reflect stop-transfer instructions, as appropriate, with respect to such shares. 
  
 8. Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice or other communication hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by registered or certified mail.
All notices of the exercise by the Optionee of the option granted pursuant hereto shall be directed to Omega Protein Corporation, Attention: Secretary, at the Company’s current address. Any notice given by the Company to the Optionee directed
to him at his address on file with the Company shall be effective to bind any other person who shall acquire rights hereunder. The Company shall be under no obligation whatsoever to advise or notify the Optionee of the existence, maturity or
termination of any rights hereunder and the Optionee shall be deemed to have familiarized himself with all matters contained herein and in the Plan which may affect any of the Optionee’s rights or privileges hereunder. 
  
 9. Whenever the term “Optionee” is used herein under circumstances
applicable to any other person or persons to whom this award may be assigned in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4, the term “Optionee” shall be deemed to include such person or persons. References to the masculine gender herein
also include the feminine gender for all purposes. 
  
 10.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Optionee agrees that the Optionee will not exercise the Option granted pursuant hereto, and that the Company will not be obligated to issue any Option Shares pursuant to this Option
Agreement, if the exercise of the Option or the issuance of such shares would constitute a violation by the Optionee or by the Company of any provision of any law or regulation of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange or
transaction quotation system. 
  
 11. This Option Agreement is
subject to the Plan, a copy of which has been furnished to the Optionee and for which the Optionee acknowledges receipt. The terms and provisions of the Plan (including any subsequent amendments thereto) are incorporated by reference herein. In the
event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern and prevail. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Option Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	OMEGA PROTEIN CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	  

	 	 	Joseph L. von Rosenberg III
	 	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

			
		
	OPTIONEE:	 	 
	  
  

			
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