Common use of SAFE HARBOR PROTOCOL Clause in Contracts

SAFE HARBOR PROTOCOL. To promote safety at sea, the sector sets forth the following protocols for 3 variance from the landing ports listed. If for reasons beyond a vessel operators control such as 4 severe weather, mechanical failures, compromised hull integrity, instances of pump failures and 5 danger of sinking, grew injury or life threatening illness and any other emergency situations that 6 may arise, a sector vessel may enter a port other than those listed as “Landing Ports” to ensure the 7 safety of the vessel and its crew. In the event that a sector vessel must utilize this safe harbor 8 protocol, they must notify the sector manager and NMFS OLE of when and where they had to 3 Prohibition on combining small-mesh exempted fishery and sector trips 5 The exemption applies to sector trips only and is intended to allow a vessel to catch small-mesh species 6 after targeting groundfish. Under this exemption, a sector vessel must fish with trawl nets that meet 7 current regulatory requirements and sector exemptions during the first part of the trip, but may switch to 8 modified small-mesh gear for the second portion of the trip. The small-mesh portion of the trip must be 9 fished in the Sector Small-Mesh Fishery Exemption Area, described below, and must use the modified 10 small-mesh gear described below. A vessel may land xxxxxxx, longfin squid, mackerel, xxxxxxx and other 11 species permitted for retention in small-mesh exempted fisheries, provided the vessel still meets the 12 requirements of those fisheries. For more information on small-mesh fishery exemptions and permitted 13 species see: 14 xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/regs/infodocs/small_mesh_exemptions.pdf 15 Vessels may not fish the small-mesh portion of their trip using this exemption in the Southern 16 Windowpane Accountability Measure Areas, where they overlap with the exemption area. 1 • A drop chain sweep with a minimum drop of 12 inches (30.48 cm) in length, with a 24 inch 2 headrope setback; or 4 • A large mesh belly panel with a minimum mesh size of 32 inches (81.28 cm), with the meshes 5 hung on the half (hanging ration of 2:1); or 7 • An excluder grate secured forward of the codend with an outlet hole forward of the grate with bar 8 spacing no more than 1.97 inches (5.00 cm) wide. 10 In order to use this exemption, the following additional conditions and restrictions apply:

SAFE HARBOR PROTOCOL. To promote safety at sea, the sector sets forth the following protocols for 3 variance from the landing ports listed. If for reasons beyond a vessel operators control such as 4 severe weather, mechanical failures, compromised hull integrity, instances of pump failures and 5 danger of sinking, grew injury or life threatening illness and any other emergency situations that 6 may arise, a sector vessel may enter a port other than those listed as “Landing Ports” to ensure the 7 safety of the vessel and its crew. In the event that a sector vessel must utilize this safe harbor 8 protocol, they must notify the sector manager and NMFS OLE of when and where they had to 3 Prohibition on combining small-mesh exempted fishery and sector trips 5 The exemption applies to sector trips only and is intended to allow a vessel to catch small-mesh species 6 after targeting groundfish. Under this exemption, a sector vessel must fish with trawl nets that meet 7 current regulatory requirements and sector exemptions during the first part of the trip, but may switch to 8 modified small-mesh gear for the second portion of the trip. The small-mesh portion of the trip must be 9 fished in the Sector Small-Mesh Fishery Exemption Area, described below, and must use the modified 10 small-mesh gear described below. A vessel may land xxxxxxx, longfin squid, mackerel, xxxxxxx and other 11 species permitted for retention in small-mesh exempted fisheries, provided the vessel still meets the 12 requirements of those fisheries. For more information on small-mesh fishery exemptions and permitted 13 species see: 14 xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/regs/infodocs/small_mesh_exemptions.pdf 15 Vessels may not fish the small-mesh portion of their trip using this exemption in the Southern 16 Windowpane Accountability Measure Areas, where they overlap with the exemption area. 1 •  A drop chain sweep with a minimum drop of 12 inches (30.48 cm) in length, with a 24 inch 2 headrope setback; or 4 •  A large mesh belly panel with a minimum mesh size of 32 inches (81.28 cm), with the meshes 5 hung on the half (hanging ration of 2:1); or 7 • An excluder grate secured forward of the codend with an outlet hole forward of the grate with bar 8 spacing no more than 1.97 inches (5.00 cm) wide. 10 In order to use this exemption, the following additional conditions and restrictions apply:or

SAFE HARBOR PROTOCOL. To promote safety at sea, the sector sets forth the following protocols for 3 variance from the landing ports listed. If for reasons beyond a vessel operators control such as 4 severe weather, mechanical failures, compromised hull integrity, instances of pump failures and 5 danger of sinking, grew injury or life threatening illness and any other emergency situations that 6 may arise, a sector vessel may enter a port other than those listed as “Landing Ports” to ensure the 7 safety of the vessel and its crew. In the event that a sector vessel must utilize this safe harbor 8 protocol, they must notify the sector manager and NMFS OLE of when and where they had to 3 Prohibition on combining small-mesh exempted fishery and sector trips 5 The exemption applies to sector trips only and is intended to allow a vessel to catch small-mesh species 6 after targeting groundfish. Under this exemption, a sector vessel must fish with trawl nets that meet 7 current regulatory requirements and sector exemptions during the first part of the trip, but may switch to 8 modified small-mesh gear for the second portion of the trip. The small-mesh portion of the trip must be 9 fished in the Sector Small-Mesh Fishery Exemption Area, described below, and must use the modified 10 small-mesh gear described below. A vessel may land xxxxxxx, longfin squid, mackerel, xxxxxxx and other 11 species permitted for retention in small-mesh exempted fisheries, provided the vessel still meets the 12 requirements of those fisheries. For more information on small-mesh fishery exemptions and permitted 13 species see: 14 xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/regs/infodocs/small_mesh_exemptions.pdf 15 Vessels may not fish the small-mesh portion of their trip using this exemption in the Southern 16 Windowpane Accountability Measure Areas, where they overlap with the exemption area. 1 • A drop chain sweep with a minimum drop of 12 inches (30.48 cm) in length2 539, with a 24 inch 2 headrope setback; or 4 • A large mesh belly panel with a minimum mesh size of 32 inches (81.28 cm)and 613, with and is defined as the meshes 5 hung on the half (hanging ration of 2:1); or 7 • An excluder grate secured forward of the codend with an outlet hole forward of the grate with bar 8 spacing no more than 1.97 inches (5.00 cm) wide. 10 In order to use this exemption, waters bounded by the following additional conditions and restrictions apply:points, connected in the order listed 3 by rhumb lines, except where otherwise noted: POINT W LONGITUDE N LATITUDE NOTE A 70° 00' 41° 14.45' (1) B 70° 00' 39° 50' C 71° 40' 39° 50' D 71° 40' 40° 00' E 73° 00' 40° 00' F 73° 00' 40° 44.9' (2)(3) G 72° 1.8' 41° 00' (3)(4) H 71° 40' 41° 00' I 71° 40' 41° 21' (5)(6) J 71° 10' 41° 28.3' (6)(7) K 71° 10' 41° 20' L 70° 49.5' 41° 20' (8)(9) M 70° 26.96' 41° 21.05' (9)(10) N 70° 18.82' 41° 20.14' (11)(12) O 70° 18.30' 41° 19.76' (12)(13) P 70° 16.65' 41° 18.73' (14)(15) Q 70° 15.31' 41° 17.32' (15)(16) R 70° 14' 41° 17' (17)(18) A 70° 00' 41° 14.45' (18)(1)

SAFE HARBOR PROTOCOL. To promote safety at sea, the sector sets forth the following protocols for 3 variance from the landing ports listed. If for reasons beyond a vessel operators control such as 4 severe weather, mechanical failures, compromised hull integrity, instances of pump failures and 5 danger of sinking, grew injury or life threatening illness and any other emergency situations that 6 may arise, a sector vessel may enter a port other than those listed as “Landing Ports” to ensure the 7 safety of the vessel and its crew. In the event that a sector vessel must utilize this safe harbor 8 protocol, they must notify the sector manager and NMFS OLE of when and where they had to 3 Prohibition on combining small-mesh exempted fishery and sector trips 5 The exemption applies to sector trips only and is intended to allow a vessel to catch small-mesh species 6 after targeting groundfish. Under this exemption, a sector vessel must fish with trawl nets that meet 7 current regulatory requirements and sector exemptions during the first part of the trip, but may switch to 8 modified small-mesh gear for the second portion of the trip. The small-mesh portion of the trip must be 9 fished in the Sector Small-Mesh Fishery Exemption Area, described below, and must use the modified 10 small-mesh gear described below. A vessel may land xxxxxxx, longfin squid, mackerel, xxxxxxx and other 11 species permitted for retention in small-mesh exempted fisheries, provided the vessel still meets the 12 requirements of those fisheries. For more information on small-mesh fishery exemptions and permitted 13 species see: 14 xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx/regs/infodocs/small_mesh_exemptions.pdf 15 Vessels may not fish the small-mesh portion of their trip using this exemption in the Southern 16 Windowpane Accountability Measure Areas, where they overlap with the exemption area. 1 • A drop chain sweep with a minimum drop of 12 inches (30.48 cm) in length, with a 24 inch 2 headrope setback; or 4 • A large mesh belly panel with a minimum mesh size of 32 inches (81.28 cm), with the meshes 5 hung on the half (hanging ration of 2:1); or 7 • An excluder grate secured forward of the codend with an outlet hole forward of the grate with bar 8 spacing no more than 1.97 inches (5.00 cm) wide. 10 In order to use this exemptionAs shown above, the Sector Small-Mesh Fishery Exemption Area is comprised of Statistical Areas 537, 2 539, and 613, and is defined as the waters bounded by the following additional conditions and restrictions apply:points, connected in the order listed 3 by rhumb lines, except where otherwise noted: POINT W LONGITUDE N LATITUDE NOTE A 70° 00' 41° 14.45' (1) B 70° 00' 39° 50' C 71° 40' 39° 50' D 71° 40' 40° 00' E 73° 00' 40° 00' F 73° 00' 40° 44.9' (2)(3) G 72° 1.8' 41° 00' (3)(4) H 71° 40' 41° 00' I 71° 40' 41° 21' (5)(6) J 71° 10' 41° 28.3' (6)(7) K 71° 10' 41° 20' L 70° 49.5' 41° 20' (8)(9) M 70° 26.96' 41° 21.05' (9)(10) N 70° 18.82' 41° 20.14' (11)(12) O 70° 18.30' 41° 19.76' (12)(13) P 70° 16.65' 41° 18.73' (14)(15) Q 70° 15.31' 41° 17.32' (15)(16) R 70° 14' 41° 17' (17)(18) A 70° 00' 41° 14.45' (18)(1)