Court: Lobster boats must keep using tracking devices

Court: Lobster boats must keep using tracking devices

A federal appeals court says the government can continue requiring America’s lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices that report data back to authorities. Fishing officials began requiring federally permitted lobstermen to install electronic tracking devices and transmit location…

US appeals court upholds mandatory tracking for lobster fleet

The decision rejects claims from a group of Maine fishermen that the mandate constitutes an unreasonable search and seizureThe US government can continue