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Supreme Court will decide if it hears a Maine lobsterman's challenge to the GPS tracking rule on boats

Supreme Court will decide if it hears a Maine lobsterman's challenge to the GPS tracking rule on boats

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September 14th, 2026

Supreme Court will decide if it hears a Maine lobsterman's challenge to the GPS tracking rule on boats

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The Supreme Court will decide at the end of this month. It will decide whether to hear the case of a lobster fisherman from Maine.

La Corte Suprema decidirá a finales de este mes si escucha el caso de un pescador de langosta de Maine.

The fisherman is against a rule that requires GPS tracking on boats.

El pescador se opone a un requisito de rastreo GPS en los barcos.

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

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

The lobster fisherman Frank Thompson sued the head of Maine's marine resources department.

El langostero Frank Thompson demandó al jefe del departamento de recursos marinos de Maine.

In 2023, the state required all lobster fishermen with a federal permit to install a GPS tracker.

En 2023, el estado exigió a todos los langosteros con permiso federal instalar un rastreador GPS.

This way, they could keep their license.

Así podían mantener su licencia.

Thompson said the monitoring was an unreasonable search and seizure.

Thompson dijo que el monitoreo 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 if Maine can force lobstermen to carry government GPS trackers. This would apply on their private boats.

Él dijo que la petición pregunta si Maine puede obligar a los langosteros a llevar rastreadores GPS del gobierno en sus barcos privados.

This would happen even when they are not working.

Esto sería incluso cuando no trabajan.

He added that they hope the court will agree to review the case.

Añadió que esperan que la corte conceda la revisión.

They also hope it will address this Fourth Amendment issue.

También esperan que aborde esta cuestión de la Cuarta Enmienda.

Many commercial fishermen in the U.S. are watched at sea.

Muchos pescadores comerciales estadounidenses son monitoreados en el mar.

This is done with human observers and electronic devices.

Esto se hace con observadores humanos y dispositivos electrónicos.

Regulators say this data is crucial to keep the industry and fish populations sustainable.

Los reguladores dicen que esos datos son cruciales para mantener la industria y las poblaciones de peces sostenibles.

Fishing groups have used the courts to limit monitoring requirements.

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

They have had mixed results.

Han tenido resultados mixtos.

Authorities say the monitoring program is important.

Las autoridades afirman que el programa de monitoreo es importante.

They say the lobster population in New England seems to be decreasing.

Dicen que la población de langosta en Nueva Inglaterra parece estar disminuyendo.

Conservation groups are against reducing monitoring.

Los grupos conservacionistas se oponen a reducir el monitoreo.

The U.S. lobster industry is based mainly in Maine.

La industria langostera de EE. UU. se basa 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.

This is far below the more than 120 million pounds a year from a decade ago.

Esto es muy por debajo de los más de 120 millones de libras anuales de hace una década.

September 14th, 2026

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