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Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Maine Lobstermen's Challenge to GPS Boat-Tracking Requirement

Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Maine Lobstermen's Challenge to GPS Boat-Tracking Requirement

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September 14th, 2026

Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Maine Lobstermen's Challenge to GPS Boat-Tracking Requirement

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The Supreme Court will decide later this month whether to hear a challenge from lobster fishermen against the government's requirement that boats use electronic tracking devices.

最高裁は政府がボートに電子追跡装置の使用を義務付けたことに対するロブスター漁師の異議申し立てを審理するかどうかを今月下旬に決定する

This lawsuit could have far-reaching implications for the American commercial fishing industry.

この訴訟はアメリカの商業漁業業界に広範な影響を及ぼす可能性がある

Frank Thompson, a lobster fisherman from Maine, has filed a federal lawsuit against the state's Commissioner of Marine Resources over a measure that required him to install a GPS tracking device on his boat in order to keep his fishing license.

メイン州のロブスター漁師フランク・トンプソン氏は、漁業許可証を維持するためにボートへのGPS追跡装置の取り付けを義務付けた措置をめぐり、州海洋資源局長官を相手取って連邦訴訟を提起した。

In 2023, this state, where lobster fishing is a vital and historic industry, mandated that all federally licensed lobster fishermen install tracking devices in order to comply with new U.S. regulations aimed at data collection.

ロブスター漁が重要かつ歴史的な産業であるこの州は2023年データ収集を目的とした新たな米国の規則に準拠するため連邦許可を持つすべてのロブスター漁師に追跡装置の設置を義務付けた

Thompson argued that this surveillance amounted to an unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court rejected his claim last year.

トンプソン氏はこの監視が不合理な捜索および押収に当たると主張したが連邦控訴裁判所は昨年同氏の主張を退けた

He appealed to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to review the claim on September 28.

同氏は最高裁に上訴し最高裁は9月28日にこの主張を審査する予定である

"This petition raises the question of whether Maine can force a lobster fisherman to carry a government GPS tracking device on his privately owned boat, even during periods when he is not fishing," said Matt Gilliam, Thompson's lead attorney.

本申立てはメイン州がロブスター漁師に対し漁を離れている期間であっても個人所有のボートに政府のGPS追跡装置を搭載することを強制できるか否かを問うものであると、トンプソン氏の主任弁護士であるマット・ギリアム氏は述べた

"We hope the Supreme Court will agree to hear the case and address this significant Fourth Amendment issue."

最高裁が審理を認めこの重大な憲法修正第4条の問題に取り組んでくれることを期待している

Many commercial fishermen in the United States are placed under surveillance at sea by human observers or electronic devices in order to collect data that regulators claim is essential for maintaining the sustainability and health of the industry and fish populations.

米国の商業漁師の多くは規制当局が業界と魚類個体群の持続可能性と健全性を維持するために不可欠だと主張するデータを収集すべく海上で人的監視員や電子機器による監視下に置かれている

For years, fishing organizations have turned to the courts in an attempt to limit monitoring requirements, but the results have been mixed.

漁業団体は長年監視要件を制限しようと裁判所を活用してきたが結果は一様ではなかった

According to authorities, the monitoring program for lobster boats is important for deepening understanding of the valuable crustacean population, which has been declining in New England.

当局によればロブスター漁船の監視プログラムはニューイングランドで減少傾向にある貴重な甲殻類の個体群に関する理解を深める上で重要だという

A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Marine Resources declined to comment on Monday.

メイン州海洋資源局の広報担当者は月曜日コメントを控えた

Last year, the department's commissioner, Carl Wilson, stated that data obtained from lobster boats was important both for "reducing the economic damage to the industry" and for informing regulation.

同局のカール・ウィルソン長官は昨年ロブスター漁船から得られるデータが業界への経済的損害を軽減する」上で、また規制に情報を提供する上で重要だと述べていた

Conservation groups have opposed moves to scale back at-sea monitoring of fishing vessels, which they regard as vital to protecting the oceans as a whole.

保全団体は海洋全体を保護する上で重要だと見なす海上での漁船監視を縮小する動きに反対してきた

"Efforts to overturn the federal appeals court's ruling do not change the fact that New England's lobster population is declining and that fisheries managers urgently need reliable, detailed data in order to address the complex problems our oceans face," said Erica Fuller, a senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation.

連邦控訴裁判所の判決を覆そうとする取り組みはニューイングランドのロブスター個体群が減少しており漁業管理者が我々の海洋が直面する複雑な問題に対応するため信頼できる詳細なデータを緊急に必要としているという事実を変えるものではない」と、保全法財団の上級顧問エリカ・フラー氏は述べた

The U.S. lobster industry is based primarily in Maine, and the state's fishermen caught more than 78 million pounds (35.4 million kilograms) of the crustaceans last year.

米国のロブスター産業は主にメイン州に拠点を置いており同州の漁師は昨年7800万ポンド3540万キログラム以上の甲殻類を漁獲した

This was on par with the industry's typical annual catch in the 2000s, but it represents a sharp decline compared with a decade ago, when the catch routinely exceeded 120 million pounds (54.4 million kilograms) a year.

これは2000年代の同産業の典型的な年間漁獲量と同水準だったが漁獲量が年間1億2000万ポンド5440万キログラムを超えることが常だった10年前と比べると急減している

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