Coastal State. A State of the United States in, or bordering on, the Atlantic, 
Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one or more 
of the Great Lakes. The term also includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The term excludes 
Alaska and American Samoa because these States have a ratio of the number of 
recreational vessels in the State numbered under chapter 123 of title 46, United 
States Code, to number of miles of shoreline (as that term is defined in § 
926.2(d) of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 
1991), of less than one.