DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,839

FISHING VESSEL (F/V) SEAMAID
NUSHAGAK, 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
the group eligibility requirements under Section 222(b) must be
met. It has been determined in this case that the requirements
of Section 222(b) are met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 13, 2003, and filed the company on behalf of
workers at F/V Seamaid, Nushagak, Alaska. The workers produce
fresh salmon.
The investigation revealed that Fishing Vessel F/V Seamaid,
Nushagak, Alaska, is an upstream supplier of fresh salmon. The
subject firm lost at least 20 percent of its business with a
processor of salmon, whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance based on increased imports of
processed salmon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases in imports of processed
salmon, contributed importantly to the total or partial separation
of workers at Fishing Vessel (F/V) Seamaid, Nushagak, Alaska.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Fishing Vessel (F/V) Seamaid, Nushagak,
Alaska, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 28, 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 4th day of March 2003.


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