Court to decide whether to hear lobsterman’s challenge to boat tracker requirement0

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• September 14, 2026

PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court will decide later this month whether to hear a lobster fisherman’s challenge to a government requirement that boats use electronic tracking devices. That case could have broad consequences for the American commercial fishing industry. Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson filed a federal lawsuit against the head of his state’s marine