Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 01/30/2003
Most Recent Update: 04/04/2003
Determination Date: 04/04/2003
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,755
FISHING VESSEL CENTURION
MANOKOTAK, 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,
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 30, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the
group of workers of Fishing Vessel Centurion, State of Alaska
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S03T55656XT,
Manokotak, Alaska. The workers of the subject group produce fresh
and chilled salmon.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) have not been met.
The investigation showed no decline in employment for the
subject group from 2001 to 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Fishing
Vessel Centurion covered by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries
Entry Commission Permit # S03T55656XT, Manokotak, Alaska, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of April, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance