Section 12 AAC 56.110 - Exclusions for entering compulsory pilotage waters of AlaskaVessels are excluded from the use of a state licensed marine pilot in compulsory pilotage waters when proceeding directly between points outside Alaska and an established pilot station for the express purpose of embarking or disembarking a pilot in the following situations:
(1) travel via Revillagigedo Channel to Twin Islands Pilot Station; in transiting Revillagigedo Channel, ships must stay west of longitude 131º 05';(2) travel via Clarence Strait to the following:(A) Guard Island Pilot Station;(B) Point McCartey Pilot Station;(C) Chasina Point Pilot Station;(4) travel via Cape Muzon in Cordova Bay;(A) to Shoe Island Pilot Station for vessels proceeding to Long Island;(B) to Mellen Rock Pilot Station for vessels proceeding to Hydaburg;(5) travel via Cape Bartolome in Bucareli Bay to Cabras Island Pilot Station;(6) travel via Cape Ommaney in Chatham Strait to Frederick Sound Pilot Station;(7) travel via Sitka Sound to Sitka Sound Pilot Station;(8) travel via Prince William Sound to the Cordova Pilot Station;(9) travel via Prince William Sound to the Valdez Pilot Station;(10) travel via Prince William Sound to the Whittier Pilot Station;(11) travel via Resurrection Bay to Seward Pilot Station;(12) travel via Cook Inlet to the Homer Pilot Station;(13) travel to the Kodiak City or Womens Bay Pilot Station without transiting Whale Passage;(14) travel by the most direct safe route to a pilot station or pickup point arranged under 12 AAC 56.120(b);(15) travel via Yakutat Bay to Yakutat Pilot Station.Eff. 6/11/71, Register 38; am 6/1/72, Register 42; am 6/30/78, Register 66; am 4/15/81, Register 78; am 3/30/86, Register 97; am 11/7/93, Register 128; am 11/10/93, Register 128; am 12/21/95, Register 136; am 1/23/99, Register 149; am 5/31/2000, Register 154; am 10/18/2001, Register 160