A fight is brewing over cruiseships calling on Florida's Key West amid the chaos created by the Covid-19 pandemic.

On one side is the Key West Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ships, which successfully pushed for three ballot initiatives to curtail the cruise industry's calls on the city, which lies at the end of the Florida Keys.

On the other side are the city's four port pilots, who last week sued in the Southern District of Florida federal court to keep the vote from going forward.