Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 13, 1998, 96-70794 (Jose Alcala v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor Pan Pacific Fisheries State Compensation Insurance Fund)

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

An Administrative Law Judge denied Appellant’s request for benefits pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-50 (1994), because he found Appellant to be an excluded “aquaculture worker.”

See

33 U.S.C. § 902(3)(E). The Benefits Review Board (Board) automatically affirmed the ALJ’s decision.