Thank you for this opportunity to provide feedback on NOAA Fisheries’ Draft National Seafood Strategy. Don’t Cage Our Oceans endorses the comments of our member organization, North American Marine Alliance (NAMA), and would like to provide additional comments. First, we welcome an open conversation on how NOAA Fisheries can support national seafood systems in a way that benefits people and the planet. Coastal communities, local seaweed and shellfish aquaculture producers, and fishing families should be active designers of these systems, and the economic proceeds of catching and growing seafood should go back to those who live and work in the affected communities. Read the full letter.