"A July suit by a group of commercial fishers and seafood processors against Venture Global claims that work on the company’s $30 billion new liquefied natural gas terminal resulted in dead and diminished catches. It is at least the third suit alleging that the project is hurting local fishers."
"A group of commercial fishers, fishing guides and seafood processors in southwest Louisiana is suing liquefied natural gas company Venture Global, claiming that dredging operations in preparation for the construction of a new terminal resulted in a sediment spill that killed millions of oysters and diminished catches of finfish, crabs and shrimp.
Venture Global, which already operates a nearly $10 billion LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, is currently constructing a second, $30 billion terminal there. As part of the project, the company is enlarging a channel near Calcasieu Lake to allow tankers to access the planned terminal, called CP2.
The suit, filed on July 30 in the 38th Judicial District Court, adds to a growing list of legal actions alleging that the conss truction of CP2 is hurting the seafood industry in the area.
Anthony “Tad” Theriot, one of the 20 plaintiffs in the suit, estimates his immediate losses at over $450,000, and he doesn’t know when or if his fishing grounds will fully recover. “Best case scenario, they pay you for every year that they mess up and…then you get to go back fishing,” he said."
