Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson has asked the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his challenge of a regulation requiring that tracking devices on lobstering vessels be operated 24/7 while in the water. The mandated devices identify a vessel’s location every sixty seconds while in motion and once every six hours when stationary. Unlike the minute-by-minute data shared by the tracking devices, the information collected as part of the pilot program was far less specific, indicating only the generalized area in which a given trip was conducted. It was suggested at the time that the more granular-level data collected by the tracking devices would be a necessary upgrade, but the lobstermen argued otherwise. [RELATED: Maine Lobstermen Lose Legal Fight As Court Upholds Federal Boat-Tracking Regulation]The Supreme Court has distributed this case for conference in late September of this year, as indicated on the case’s official docket.