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(e) "Other officer" means the master or any other member of the 

 regular complement of the vessel concerned who is qualified for the 

 navigation of the Great Lakes waters described in section 216a (b) 

 of this title and who is either licensed by the head of the Depart- 

 ment in wliich the Coast Guard is operating under regulations issued 

 by liim or certificated by an appropriate agency of Canada. 



(f) "Foreign vessels" means all foreign merchant vessels except 

 Canadian vessels whose operations are exclusively upon the Great 

 Lakes or between ports in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence 

 River, or whose operations while predominantly as aforesaid fail 

 of being exclusively so only because of an occasional voyage to a 

 port or ports in the maritime provinces of Canada in the Canadian 

 coastal trade. 



Pilot requirement [Great Lakes] 



46 U.S.C. 216a 



(a) The President shall designate and by proclamation announce 

 those United States waters of the Great Lakes in which registered 

 vessels of the United States and foreign vessels shall be required to 

 have in their service a United States registered pilot or a Canadian 

 registered pilot for the waters concerned, who shall, subject to the 

 customary authority of the master, direct the navigation of the ves- 

 sel in those waters. These designations shall be made witli due regard 

 to the public interest, the effective utilization of navigable waters, 

 marine safety, and the foreign relations of the United Statas. 



(b) In those United States waters of the Great Lakes which are 

 not designated by the President in accordance with subsection (a) 

 of this section, there shall be on board registered vessels of the United 

 States and foreign vessels, a United States registered pilot or Cana- 

 dian registered pilot or other officer qualified for the waters concerned 

 who shall be available to direct the navigation of the vessel in such 

 undesi^iated waters at the discretion of and subject to the customary 

 authority of the master. 



(c) The authority extended in subsections (a) and (b) of this 

 section to Canadian registered pilots or to other officers certified by 

 Canada to sen^e on registered vessels of the United States and 

 foreign vessels in United States waters of the Great Lakes shall be 

 in effect only so long as Canada extends reciprocity to the United 

 States registered pilots or to other officers licensed by the United 

 States, in regard to requirements established for the pilotage of Ca- 

 nadian waters of the Great Lakes. 



Registration of United States pilots 



46 U.S.C. 216b 



(a) The registration of United States pilots shall be carried out 

 by the Secretary under such regulations as to qualifications, terms, 

 and conditions which will assure adequate and efficient pilotage 

 service, provide for equitable participation of United States regis- 

 tered pilots with Canadian registered pilots in the pilotage of vessels 

 to which this chapter applies, and provide fair and reasonable op- 

 portunity for registration. Each applicant must, as a prerequisite, 



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