02-29631. Permit # 65045K Naknek, AK; Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103-182) concerning transitional adjustment assistance, hereinafter called NAFTA-TAA and in accordance with Section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was initiated on September 5, 2002, in response to a petition filed by the Bristol Bay Native Association on behalf of Bristol Bay salmon fishermen, Permit #64872Z, Dillingham, Alaska.

The workers stopped fishing in July 2001, more than one year from the September 5, 2002, petition date. Section 223(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, provides that a certification may not apply to a worker whose separation from employment occurred more than one year prior to the date the petition was filed.

Consequently, further investigation in this case would service no purpose, and the investigation has been terminated.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of October 2002.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.