Staff departments.

(a) Title 46 U.S.C. 8302 contains the requirements for staff departments on U.S. flag vessels. (b) Title 46 U.S.C. 8302 does not apply to— (1) A fishing or whaling vessel or yacht; (2) A vessel operated only on bays, sounds, inland waters, and lakes (other than the Great Lakes); and (3) A vessel ferrying passengers and cars on the Great Lakes.