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Regulators hold off on requiring lobstermen to install electronic trackers on their boats
Regulators are holding off on a plan to require lobstermen to install electronic trackers on their boats. Members of the American Lobster Management Board Tuesday considered a raft of industry concerns about the technology’s purposes, its cost, and data-privacy, and then decided to take more time to evaluate the issues. “The lobster fishery is a difficult fishery to enforce rules in, because of the vast area we cover and the number of people,” said Steve Train, a lobsterman from Long Island, Maine, and a member of the regional board. >click to read< 17:05
