DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,899

FISHING VESSEL (F/V) RHONDA K
HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA

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, 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

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; 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.

The investigation was initiated on February 14, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers of
Fishing Vessel (F/V) Rhonda K, Homosassa, Florida. The workers
produce fresh shrimp.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.C) were not satisfied.
The investigation revealed that the subject company neither
imported fresh shrimp, nor shifted production of fresh shrimp
abroad during 2001 or 2002.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customer regarding its purchases of fresh shrimp.
The survey revealed no import purchases of shrimp during the period
under investigation.



Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Fishing Vessel (F/V) Rhonda K, Homosassa, Florida are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of April 2003.


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