DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,637

SITKA SOUND SEAFOODS
NORTH PACIFIC PROCESSORS, INC.
WHOLLY OWNED BY MARUBENI CORPORATION
YAKUTAT, ALASKA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 22, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
the workers at Sitka Sound Seafoods, North Pacific Processors,
Inc., wholly owned by Marubeni Corporation, Yakutat, Alaska.
Workers at the subject firm produced processed salmon.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of fresh, frozen, and canned
salmon. The survey revealed increases in imports of fresh,
frozen, and canned salmon during the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Sitka Sound Seafoods, North Pacific
Processors, Inc., wholly owned by Marubeni Corporation,
Yakutat, Alaska who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 21, 2002, through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 13th day of May, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance