DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,943

FISHING VESSEL (F/V) CAROLINA
WASILLA, 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 4, 2003 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Fishing Vessel (F/V) Carolina, South Naknek Beach,
Alaska. The workers produce fresh salmon.
The investigation revealed that Fishing Vessel (F/V)
Carolina, State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
Permit # S04T60620M, Wasilla, 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. based on
increased imports of processed salmon.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fishing Vessel (F/V)
Carolina, State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission
Permit # S04T60620M, Wasilla, 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 Fishing Vessel (F/V) Carolina, Wasilla, Alaska
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 2, 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 13th day of June 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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