The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) Challenges Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife’s Illegal 24-Hour Surveillance of Crabbing Boats
The Department sustains the program by forcing fishermen to pay for electronic monitoring systems that they must install on their boats or else face criminal sanctions. Representing local crab fishing boat Captains Sara Franey, Brent Young and Mark Young, NCLA asks the Washington Superior Court to stop this unconstitutional surveillance regime, which does not improve upon cheaper, less intrusive existing methods for monitoring crab stocks. …
