DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,359

FISHING VESSEL (F/V) KIAVAK
STATE OF ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ENTRY COMMISSION PERMIT #
S01E62046X AND S01K59455A
KODIAK, 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 March 28, 2003 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Fishing Vessel (F/V) Kiavak, Kodiak, Alaska. The
workers produce fresh salmon.
The investigation revealed that Fishing Vessel (F/V) Kiavak,
State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit #
S01E62046X and S01K59455A, Kodiak, 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 determine that increases in imports of processed
salmon, contributed importantly to the total or partial separation
of workers at Fishing Vessel (F/V) Kiavak, State of Alaska
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S01E62046X and
S01K59455A, Kodiak, Alaska.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Fishing Vessel (F/V) Kiavak, State of Alaska
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S01E62046X and
S01K59455A, Kodiak, Alaska who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 18, 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 11th day of April 2003.


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