DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,915

FOREMOST FISHERIES, INC.
FISHING VESSEL (F/V) FOREMOST
SITKA, 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on June 2, 2003 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Foremost Fisheries, Inc., Fishing Vessel (F/V)
Foremost, Sitka, Alaska. The workers produce fresh salmon.
The investigation revealed that Foremost Fisheries, Inc.,
Fishing Vessel (F/V) Foremost, State of Alaska Commercial
Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S01A56788V, Sitka, Alaska was
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.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Foremost Fisheries,
Inc., Fishing Vessel (F/V) Foremost, State of Alaska Commercial
Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S01A56788V, Sitka, Alaska
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Foremost Fisheries, Inc., Fishing Vessel (F/V)
Foremost, Sitka, Alaska who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 30, 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, as amended"
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of June 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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