Another way to set an option element:
var setOption = function(optionToSelect) {
var select = element(by.id('locregion'));
select.click();
select.all(by.tagName('option')).filter(function(elem, index) {
return elem.getText().then(function(text) {
return text === optionToSelect;
});
}).then(function(filteredElements){
filteredElements[0].click();
});
};
// using the function
setOption('BeaverBox Testing');