At a time of the year when seafood is in demand in Queensland, a Redcliffe hotel has had a large quantity worth $30,000 stolen from a freezer.

Police are appealing for information in the hunt for the thief believed to have taken the large frozen haul from Woody Point's historic Belvedere Hotel on Wednesday morning, and have released an image of a man they hope to speak to.

Police have released the image of a man they would like to speak to in relation to the seafood theft. Credit:Queensland Police Service (Supplied)

Police believe the man forced entry into a locked, external freezer about 2am at the hotel and removed 30 boxes of assorted frozen seafood before fleeing in a white ute onto Lila Street.

The stolen seafood included prawns, crabs, Moreton Bay bugs and a variety of fish, and was stored in distinctive white boxes with a Cleveland Bay Seafood logo on the top featuring a red prawn.