The U.S. government is trying to force charter boats and companies that take customers fishing and sightseeing in the Gulf of Mexico to purchase a vessel monitoring system. Federal agencies will use the VMS tracking devices to monitor boats’ movements and whereabouts on the water, even when they are not using their federal permits to fish. Read the…

Gov. Charlie Baker filed a court brief on Friday defending his use of a 1950 Civil Defense Law to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency, equating the virus to the “natural causes” referenced in the law and pointing out that the Legislature has not balked at his use of emergency powers to shut down the state’s…

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In July the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a rule that won’t take effect until January. It will require charter boat captains to buy and maintain a GPS tracking system on their boat. “We spend a lot of time and effort out there trying to find our spots to be consistent every single day,”…