(a) “Commercial Vessel” means any vessel used or engaged in trade or business, including but not limited to, carrying passengers for hire, charter fishing, bare boat, or any type of charter, maintenance, diving, towing, or any other trade or business wherein the vessel is used in any manner to promote the venture, or is registered or licensed with the Virgin Islands or a state, or documented by the United States Coast Guard for commercial purposes.
(b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Planning and Natural Resources.
(c) “Department” means the Department of Planning and Natural Resources.
(d) “Motorboat” means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
(e) “Nonresident” means a citizen of the United States who has not established residence in this Territory and has not continuously resided in this Territory for one year.
(f) “Operate” means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel that is not at anchor or moored, including vessels that are being paddled, are drifting, or are being powered by machinery.
(g) “Personal flotation device or PFD” means a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket called a personal flotation devices or PFD. The quality and type depends on the length of the vessel and the number of people onboard or being towed.
(h) “Waters of the Virgin Islands” means any waters within the territorial limits of the Virgin Islands of the, and the marginal sea adjacent to this territory and the high seas when navigated as a part of the journey or ride to or from the shore of the Virgin Islands.
(i) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.