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36 CFR 13.1170: What are the rules for operating vessels?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property
- CHAPTER I—NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- PART 13—NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS IN ALASKA
- Subpart N—Special Regulations—Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
(a) Operating a vessel within 1/4 nautical mile of a whale is prohibited, except for a commercial fishing vessel authorized under this subpart that is actively trolling, setting, or pulling long lines, or setting or pulling crab pots.
(b) The operator of a vessel inadvertently positioned within 1/4 nautical mile of a whale must immediately slow the vessel to ten knots or less, without shifting into reverse unless impact is likely. The operator must direct or maintain the vessel on as steady a course as possible away from the whale until at least 1/4 nautical mile of separation is established. Failure to take such action is prohibited.
(c) The operator of a vessel or seaplane positioned within 1/2 nautical mile of a whale is prohibited from altering course or speed in a manner that results in decreasing the distance between the whale and the vessel or seaplane.
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