DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,185

STATE OF ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ENTRY COMMISSION PERMIT
# S04T64124J
EKUK, 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 July 1, 2003 and filed on behalf of the group of
workers covered by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry
Commission Permit # S04T64124J, Ekuk, Alaska. The workers
produce fresh salmon.
The investigation revealed that the group of workers covered
by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit
# S04T64124J, Ekuk, 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the worker group covered by State
of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Permit
#S04T64124J, Ekuk, 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 covered by State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries
Entry Commission Permit # S04T64124J, Ekuk, Alaska, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 6, 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 11th day of July 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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