DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,926

STATE OF ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ENTRY COMMISSION PERMIT
#S04T64868G
MANOKOTAK, 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 June 3, 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 #S04T64868G, Manokotak, Alaska. The workers of
the subject group produce fresh and chilled salmon.
During the period of April 2002 through March 2003, sales and
employment of the subject group decreased absolutely when compared
to the same period one year prior.
The investigation revealed that the group of workers covered
by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit
#S04T64868G, Manokotak, Alaska, is an upstream supplier of fresh
and chilled salmon to a processor whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance based on
increased customer imports and who accounted for at least 20
percent of the sales of the subject group.


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 of the group of workers covered by State of Alaska
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit #S04T64868G,
Manokotak, 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
#S04T64868G, Manokotak, Alaska who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 20, 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 10th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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