Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun is the California state agency responsible for licensing and regulating pilots within one of the largest harbors in the world and the tributary Sacramento River delta.
Surcharges paid by shippers on pilotage fees finance the work of the Commission, making it completely self-supporting.
The motorboat USS California was completed in 1910 and served in World War I on harbor patrol duty.
[2][3][4] The two-masted gaff-rigged schooner Adventuress, launched in 1913, also saw service as a pilot boat, and during World War II served with the United States Coast Guard.
The Zodiac and Adventuress are both listed with the National Register of Historic Places and are now cruising in Washington state after restorations.
In 2011, the Commission received and accepted a landmark study on pilot fitness, conducted by Dr. Robert Kosnik, B.Sc, M.D., D.I.H.