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Supreme Court will decide whether to accept a Maine lobsterman's challenge to the GPS tracking requirement on boats

Supreme Court will decide whether to accept a Maine lobsterman's challenge to the GPS tracking requirement on boats

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September 14th, 2026

Supreme Court will decide whether to accept a Maine lobsterman's challenge to the GPS tracking requirement on boats

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

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

The fisherman is challenging a requirement for GPS tracking on boats.

El pescador cuestiona un requisito de rastreo GPS en los barcos.

The case could have wide consequences for the commercial fishing industry in the United States.

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

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 to keep their license.

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

Thompson claimed that the monitoring was an unreasonable search and seizure.

Thompson afirmó que el monitoreo era un registro e incautación irrazonables.

However, a federal appeals court rejected his claim last year.

Sin embargo, un tribunal de apelaciones federal rechazó su reclamo el año pasado.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to review the case on September 28.

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

Matt Gilliam is Thompson's lead lawyer.

Matt Gilliam es el abogado principal de Thompson.

He said the request asks whether Maine can force lobstermen to carry government GPS trackers on their private boats.

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

This includes the times when they are not working.

Esto incluye los momentos en que no trabajan.

He added that they hope the court will grant review and address this Fourth Amendment issue.

Añadió que esperan que la corte conceda la revisión y aborde esta cuestión de la Cuarta Enmienda.

Many U.S. commercial fishermen are monitored 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, with mixed results.

Los grupos pesqueros han usado los tribunales para limitar los requisitos de monitoreo, con resultados mixtos.

Authorities say the monitoring program is important.

Las autoridades afirman que el programa de monitoreo es importante.

The lobster population in New England appears to be declining.

La población de langosta en Nueva Inglaterra parece estar disminuyendo.

Conservation groups oppose 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 está muy por debajo de los más de 120 millones de libras anuales de hace una década.

September 14th, 2026

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