The U.S. government can continue requiring America's lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices to collect data, a federal appeals court has ruled, denying claims by some in the industry ...

An appeals panel found GPS monitoring of boats, implemented as part of the state's fishing management plan, is a reasonable way to aid conservation efforts.

You win some, you lose some. In the case of five Maine lobstermen suing the US state over electronic boat tracking requirements, it was a sobering loss as federal judge John Woodcock for the US ...