FILE - In this July 8, 2021, file photo, a lobster boat carries a heavy load of traps as it motors out to sea near Peaks Island in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) PORTLAND, Maine ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A federal court of appeals has ruled in favor of the government being allowed to require electronic trackers on federally permitted lobster fishing boat. The goal is to provide ...

PORTLAND, Maine — 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 ...