Redondo Beach market Quality Seafood is among plaintiffs in a proposed class-action suit against pipeline company Amplify Energy Corp. on behalf of commercial fishing, diving and seafood companies seeking damages for expected lost revenue as a result of last weekend’s massive oil spill.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include LBC Seafood Inc., a family-owned wholesaler that purchases lobsters from fishers in Orange County with sales to wholesalers and distributors who distribute the product throughout California and the world.
According to the complaint, filed late Friday in Santa Ana federal court, many Quality Seafood customers are hesitant to purchase seafood. With the opening last week of the commercial lobster season — which runs through March — the market’s owners have “serious concerns that the economic loss from lobsters will be enormous as recent and expected prices were predicted to be high,” the suit states.
Losses from other types of seafood, including red snapper, halibut, rock cod, sardines and anchovies were also expected.
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