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Supreme Court will decide if it hears a Maine fisherman's case about GPS tracking on boats

Supreme Court will decide if it hears a Maine fisherman's case about GPS tracking on boats

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September 14th, 2026

Supreme Court will decide if it hears a Maine fisherman's case about GPS tracking on boats

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The Supreme Court will decide at the end of this month.

La Corte Suprema decidirá a finales de este mes.

It will decide if it hears the case of a lobster fisherman from Maine.

Decidirá si escucha el caso de un pescador de langosta de Maine.

The fisherman does not want a GPS tracker on his boat.

El pescador no quiere un rastreador GPS en su barco.

The case could have big results for the fishing industry in the United States.

El caso podría tener grandes consecuencias para la industria pesquera de Estados Unidos.

The fisherman is named Frank Thompson.

El pescador se llama Frank Thompson.

He sued the head of the Maine marine resources department.

Él demandó al jefe del departamento de recursos marinos de Maine.

In 2023, the state told all lobster fishermen with a federal permit: use a GPS tracker.

En 2023, el estado dijo a todos los langosteros con permiso federal: usen un rastreador GPS.

If they do not use it, they lose their license.

Si no lo usan, pierden su licencia.

Thompson said the tracker was an unreasonable search and seizure.

Thompson dijo que el rastreador era un registro e incautación irrazonables.

But a federal appeals court rejected his claim last year.

Pero un tribunal de apelaciones federal rechazó su reclamo el año pasado.

The Supreme Court plans to review the case on September 28.

La Corte Suprema tiene previsto revisar el caso el 28 de septiembre.

Matt Gilliam is Thompson's main lawyer.

Matt Gilliam es el abogado principal de Thompson.

He said the request asks something.

Él dijo que la petición pregunta algo.

Can Maine make lobstermen carry government GPS trackers on their private boats?

¿Puede Maine obligar a los langosteros a llevar rastreadores GPS del gobierno en sus barcos privados?

Can it do this even when they are not working?

¿Puede hacerlo incluso cuando no trabajan?

Gilliam added that they hope the court takes the case.

Gilliam añadió que esperan que la corte acepte el caso.

They also hope the court deals with this Fourth Amendment issue.

También esperan que la corte aborde esta cuestión de la Cuarta Enmienda.

Many fishermen in the United States are watched at sea.

Muchos pescadores comerciales de Estados Unidos son monitoreados en el mar.

The monitoring uses human observers and electronic devices.

El monitoreo usa observadores humanos y dispositivos electrónicos.

Officials say this data is very important.

Los reguladores dicen que esos datos son muy importantes.

They say it helps keep the industry and fish populations sustainable.

Dicen que ayudan a mantener la industria y las poblaciones de peces sostenibles.

Fishing groups have used the courts to limit monitoring rules.

Los grupos pesqueros han usado los tribunales para limitar los requisitos de monitoreo.

They have had mixed results.

Han tenido resultados mixtos.

Officials say the monitoring program is important.

Las autoridades dicen que el programa de monitoreo es importante.

The lobster population in New England seems to be going down.

La población de langosta en Nueva Inglaterra parece estar disminuyendo.

Conservation groups do not want to reduce the monitoring.

Los grupos conservacionistas no quieren reducir el monitoreo.

The U.S. lobster industry is mostly in Maine.

La industria langostera de EE. UU. está principalmente en Maine.

Last year, more than 78 million pounds were caught there.

El año pasado se capturaron más de 78 millones de libras allí.

That is much less than 10 years ago. Then, more than 120 million pounds were caught each year.

Eso es mucho menos que los más de 120 millones de libras anuales de hace una década.

September 14th, 2026

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