DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,906

OCEAN BEAUTY SEAFOODS, LLC
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 13, 2010 by the City of Los Angeles, Community
Development Department, Workforce Development Division, Rapid
Response Unit on behalf of workers of Ocean Beauty Seafoods,
LLC, Los Angeles, California (Ocean Beauty). The workers were
engaged in activities related to processing and packaging
smoked salmon.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ocean Beauty who
are engaged in activities related to processing and packaging
smoked salmon meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Ocean Beauty have become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of processed and packed smoked salmon by
Ocean Beauty have decreased absolutely Ocean Beauty.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
processed and packaged smoked salmon by Ocean Beauty have
increased. Specifically, Ocean Beauty has increased their
imports of processed and packaged smoked salmon during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of processed and packaged smoked salmon by
Ocean Beauty contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Ocean Beauty.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ocean Beauty
Seafoods, LLC, Los Angeles, California, who are engaged in
activities related to processing and packaging smoked salmon
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC, Los Angeles,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 10, 2009, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of June, 2010.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance