SAFE HARBOR PROTOCOL. To promote safety at sea, the Sector sets forth the following protocol for variance from the landing ports listed. If for reasons beyond a vessel operators control such as severe weather, mechanical failures, compromised hull integrity, instances of pump failures and danger of sinking, crew injury or life threatening illness and any other emergency situations that may arise, a sector vessel may enter a port other than those listed as “Landing Ports” to ensure the safety of the vessel and it’s crew. If the vessel has been selected for dockside monitoring, the vessel will not offload fish, until a dockside monitor is present, or a waiver has been granted. The vessel operator must contact the Dockside Monitoring vendor to obtain a waiver from dockside monitoring for the trip. The vessel operator may request and be granted a waiver from dockside monitoring due to the situations described here in Section 23.7. In addition, the vessel operator may request and be granted a waiver from dockside monitoring if either the Coast Guard (“CG”), Environmental Police (“EP”), or NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (“OLE”) are on scene and determine it is necessary for offloading to occur in order to improve a safety or vessel integrity concern.
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Samples: Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, Northeast Fishery Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, Sector Operations Plan and Agreement
