DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,391

STATE OF ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ENTRY COMMISSION PERMIT #
S04T64743O
KING SALMON, 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 on April 1, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the group
of workers covered by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry
Commission Permit # S04T64743O, King Salmon, Alaska. The workers
produced fresh and chilled salmon.
The investigation revealed that the group of workers covered
by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit #
S04T64743O, King Salmon, Alaska, is an upstream supplier of fresh
and chilled 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 the group of workers covered by State of Alaska Commercial
Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S04T64743O, King Salmon,
Alaska.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of the group of workers covered by State of
Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit #
S04T64743O, King Salmon, Alaska who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 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 9th day of April, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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