“I find NOAA Fisheries’ solution to alleviate what is sure to be a devastating year for both the ground fish and scallop industry by further delaying the integration of cooperative research and data assessments as completely unacceptable,” said Rep. Keating in the letter. “Anything short of a common sense end to end review of stock assessment prior to the start of the 2013 fishing season with applied readily available resources would be unacceptable for our fishermen, their families, and the communities that depend on them.”