The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to vessels navigating under a certificate of enrollment or to fishing vessels. If any such vessel shall take on a pilot, the pilot shall be entitled to receive, as compensation for his or her services, pilotage fees in an amount not to exceed the rates established by the commission.
Vessels not required to take pilots
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-9.1-6., under Chapter 46-9.1 Pilots — Block Island Sound.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-9.1-6.