# Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
**AGENCY:**
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), today denied a petition for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that was filed on February 13, 2004, by the Michigan Fish Producers' Association, representing channel catfish fishermen in Michigan.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Upon investigation, the Administrator determined that landed prices for channel catfish did not decline by more than 20 percent during the January-December 2003 marketing year, a condition required for certifying a petition for TAA.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail: *[email protected].*
Dated: March 8, 2004.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.