Unless as otherwise provided for in this section or Department regulations, the definitions used in this chapter shall be the same as those used in the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 [46 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq.]. Other definitions are:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, unless stated otherwise in this chapter.

(2) “Fish and Wildlife Agent” means a law-enforcement officer employed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control pursuant to this title and § 8003(13) of Title 29.

(3) “Physical injury” means impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.

(4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, unless otherwise stated in this chapter.

(5) “Serious physical injury” means physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious and prolonged disfigurement, prolonged impairment of health or prolonged loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.

(6) “State” means the State of Delaware.

(7) “Vessel” shall mean every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice. Jet skis, surf jets, ski craft and other personal watercraft are vessels for purposes of this chapter.

(8) “Waters of the State” means any waters within the territorial limits of this State, the marginal sea adjacent to this State and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to or from the shore of this State.

(9) “Waterway management” means those activities necessary to provide for the planning, surveying, design, engineering and construction, or other activities directly related to the maintenance of public waterways, including dredging, channel marking, debris and derelict vessel/structure removal, the beneficial use of sediment, and shoreline and bathymetric survey work for commercial or recreational waterways.

(10) “Waterway Management Fund” means 50% of funds collected pursuant to § 2113(a) of this title shall be considered waterway management funds and utilized for waterway management.

23 Del. C. 1953, § 2112; 52 Del. Laws, c. 154, § 2; 52 Del. Laws, c. 231, § 2; 59 Del. Laws, c. 576, § 1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 185, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 105, § 18; 71 Del. Laws, c. 427, § 8; 80 Del. Laws, c. 331, § 1.