From: The Independent
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
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| TESTING THE WATERS: Kristen Karnes (foreground) and Eric Simon with Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health use an UltraRAE handheld device to get readings at Refugio State Beach the day after the oil spill. |
The fifth class action lawsuit against Plains All American Pipeline was filed recently in federal court, this one on behalf of commercial fishermen Keith and Tiffani Andrews and a handful of others impacted by the May 19 Refugio Oil Spill.
Residents of Santa Margarita in San Luis Obispo Country, the Andrews trawl for giant red sea cucumber — a top-dollar Asian delicacy — off Refugio State Beach. Those fishing grounds were closed from May 19 to June 29 and will remain tainted, according to the July 1 complaint, which also expresses the Andrews’ worry “that the market for Santa Barbara sea cucumbers may forever be harmed.”
Joining the Andrews, Goleta’s Sarah Rothbone had to cancel more than 300 deliveries from her Community Seafood boat-to-table business, and fears lingering financial impact “for years to come.” Other plaintiffs include Oxnard-based commercial fishermen Josh Chancer, local deckhand Cort Pierson, Los Angeles-based seafood processor Weihai Zheung, and Carpinteria’s Joseph Viens, who is suing for lost service-fee income from several ATMs he owns along the Gaviota Coast. MORE
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