DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,603

F/V NORONA
HOMER, AlASKA


Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on January 17, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of F/V Nocona, Homer, Alaska. The workers of the subject
group produce fresh or chilled salmon.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that sales and production by the
subject group increased from 2001 to 2002.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject group
did not shift production of fresh or chilled salmon abroad during
the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject group's major
declining customer regarding its purchases of fresh and chilled
salmon. This survey revealed no imports of fresh or chilled salmon
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of F/V
Nocona, Homer, Alaska are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of March, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance