DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,342

STINSON SEAFOOD 2001, INC.
FORMERLY STINSON SEAFOOD 2000, INC.
BELFAST, MAINE

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by the firm or appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute decline in sales or production.


The investigation was initiated on November 13, 2001, in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Stinson Seafood 2001, Inc., Belfast, Maine, formerly Stinson Seafood 2000, Inc. The workers are engaged in sardine processing.

The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The investigation revealed that sardine processing at the subject firm was transferred domestically.
Conclusion

After careful review, I determine that all workers of Stinson Seafood 2001, Inc., formerly Stinson Seafood 2000, Inc., Belfast, Maine are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of December, 2001.

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