DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,283

FISHING VESSEL (F/V) PEREGRINE'S CATCH
HAINES, ALASKA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers'
separation or threat of separation and to the decline in
sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or


II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and
Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports
of articles that are like or directly competitive
with articles which are or were produced by such firm or
subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on July 11, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Fishing Vessel (F/V) Peregrine's Catch, State of Alaska Commercial
Fisheries Entry Commission Permit # S03A57617N, Haines, Alaska.
The workers of the subject group produce fresh and chilled salmon.
The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.A) was
not met.
The investigation revealed that employment levels during July
2001 thru June 2002 and during July 2002 thru June 2003 were not
sufficient for the establishment of a worker group. In order to
establish a valid worker group, there must be at least three full-
time workers employed at some point during the period under
investigation. Workers of the group subject to this investigation
did not meet this threshold level of employment.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Fishing
Vessel (F/V) Peregrine's Catch, Haines, Alaska are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of July, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance