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Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale

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By PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of lobster fishermen has sued fishing regulators, claiming that new electronic monitoring requirements designed to protect rare whales are unconstitutional. The new rules went into effect Dec. 15 and require fishermen with federal lobster fishing permits to install 24-hour electronic tracking devices on their boats. The Maine Department of Marine Resources has promoted the new rule as a way to collect better data that can both benefit the fishery and help save the vanishing North Atlantic right whale. Five lobstermen who are members of a lobster fishing union filed their lawsuit in federal court last week.

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