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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 is expected to decide late this month whether to hear a challenge brought by lobster fishermen against the government's measure mandating the installation of electronic tracking devices on their boats.

最高裁は政府がボートへの電子追跡装置の搭載を義務付けた措置に対しロブスター漁師らが提起した異議申し立てを審理するか否かを今月下旬に判断する見通しである

This litigation could have far-reaching ramifications for the American commercial fishing industry as a whole.

本訴訟はアメリカの商業漁業業界全般に広範な影響を及ぼし得るものである

Frank Thompson, a lobster fisherman from Maine, filed a federal lawsuit against the commissioner of the state's Department of Marine Resources over a measure that mandated the installation of GPS tracking devices on boats as a condition for retaining a fishing license.

メイン州のロブスター漁師であるフランク・トンプソン氏は、漁業許可証を保持する条件としてボートへのGPS追跡装置の搭載を義務付けた措置をめぐり、州海洋資源局長官を被告として連邦訴訟を提起した。

In 2023, this state, where lobster fishing is regarded as a vital and historic industry, mandated the installation of tracking devices for all federally licensed lobster fishermen in order to comply with new US regulations aimed at data collection.

ロブスター漁が重要かつ歴史的な産業として位置づけられているこの州は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べく、連邦許可を有するすべてのロブスター漁師に対し、追跡装置の設置を義務づけた。

Although Mr. Thompson argued that the surveillance in question constituted an unreasonable search and seizure, the federal appellate court rejected his claim last year.

トンプソン氏は当該監視行為が不合理な捜索および押収に該当すると主張したものの連邦控訴裁判所は昨年同氏の主張を退けた

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

同氏は最高裁判所に上訴しており同裁判所は9月28日にこの主張を審査する予定である

"This petition asks whether Maine may compel a lobster fisherman to carry a government GPS tracking device on his privately owned boat, even when he is off duty," 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たとえ稼働を離れている際であろうと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し得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マット・ギリアム氏は述べた

"We are hopeful that the Supreme Court will grant review and take up this important Fourth Amendment question."

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

The majority of commercial fishermen in the United States are compelled to submit to monitoring at sea, whether by human observers or electronic monitoring devices, in order to collect data that regulators assert is indispensable for maintaining the sustainability and health of both the industry and fish populations.

米国商業漁業従事者の大多数は規制当局が業界ならびに魚類個体群の持続可能性と健全性を維持する上で不可欠であると主張するデータを収集すべく洋上において人的監視員または電子監視機器による監視を余儀なくされている

For many years, fishing industry groups have resorted to the courts in an effort to limit such monitoring requirements, though their results have been far from uniform.

漁業関連団体は多年にわたりかかる監視要件を制限せんとして司法の場を活用してきたもののその成果は一様ではなかった

According to authorities, the monitoring program targeting lobster boats is of paramount importance for deepening understanding of a valuable crustacean population that appears to be in decline in New England.

当局によればロブスター漁船を対象とする監視プログラムはニューイングランドにおいて減少傾向にあると見られる貴重な甲殻類個体群に関する理解を深める上で極めて重要であるという

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差し控えるに至った

Commissioner Carl Wilson of the same department stated last year that data obtained from lobster boats is indispensable, both for "mitigating economic harm 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は業界への経済的損害を軽減する」ため、また規制に情報を提供するために不可欠であると述べていた。

Conservation groups have steadfastly opposed efforts aimed at scaling back at-sea monitoring of fishing vessels, which they regard as indispensable to protecting the oceans as a whole.

保全団体は、海洋全体を保護する上で不可欠と見なす海上における漁船監視の縮小を企図する取り組みに対し、反対の立場を貫いてきた。

"Any attempt to overturn the federal appeals court's ruling does nothing to alter the fact that New England's lobster populations are in relentless decline, and that fisheries managers urgently require reliable, detailed data in order to grapple with the multifaceted, complex problems confronting our oceans," said Erica Fuller, a senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation.

連邦控訴裁判所の判決を覆さんとする試みはニューイングランドのロブスター個体群が減少の一途を辿っており漁業管理者が我々の海洋が直面する多岐にわたる複雑な問題に対処すべく信頼に足る詳細なデータを早急に必要としているという事実を些かも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 United States lobster industry is based primarily in Maine, and the state's fishermen landed 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として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3540万キログラムを超える甲殻類を漁獲した

While this was on par with the industry's typical annual catch during the 2000s, it represents a marked decline compared with a decade ago, when annual landings routinely exceeded 120 million pounds (54.4 million kilograms).

これは2000年代における同産業の典型的な年間漁獲量と同水準であったものの年間漁獲量が1億2000万ポンド5440万キログラムを超えるのが常態であった10年前と比較すると著しい減少を呈している。

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