March 2024 briefing book

March 2024 Council Meeting

A. Call to Order

• A.3, March 2024 Detailed Agenda
• A.4, Executive Directors Report

B. Open Comment Period

• B.1 Situation Summary: Comments on Non-Agenda Items
  • B.1.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

C. Salmon Management

• C.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • C.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 1: The National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Regulatory Activities
  • C.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2: NMFS Letter to Council approving Amendment 24
  • C.1.b Supplemental NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report Fisheries Science Center Activities
  • C.1.b Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: NMFS Science Center Activities Presentation
  • C.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.2 Situation Summary: Review of 2023 Fisheries and Summary of 2024 Stock Forecasts
  • C.2 Attachment 1: Excerpts From Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Updated Through Amendment 23
  • C.2 Supplemental Attachment 2: Review of 2023 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (Electronic Only)
  • C.2 Supplemental Attachment 3: Preseason Report I (Electronic Only)
  • C.2.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report 1
  • C.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Review of 2023 Fisheries and Summary of 2024 Stock Forecasts
  • C.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.3 Situation Summary: Klamath Dam Removal Update
  • C.3.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Klamath Dam Removal Update
  • C.3.a Supplemental Presentation 1: Klamath River Dam Removal Update (PPT File)
  • C.3.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.4 Situation Summary: Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report and 2024 Management Options – Final Guidance
  • C4 Attachment 1: Klamath River Fall Chinook Ad Hoc Workgroup Draft Terms of Reference and General Timeline (June 14, 2023)
  • C.4.a KRWG Report 1: Klamath River Fall Chinook Ad-Hoc Workgroup – Progress Report on 2024 Management Options
  • C.4.a Supplemental KRWG Presentation 1: Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council on Klamath River Fall Chinook Interim Management Measures for Ocean Salmon Fisheries in 2024 and Potentially Beyond
  • C.4.a Supplemental KRWG Report 2: Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council on Klamath River Fall Chinook Interim Management Measures for Ocean Salmon Fisheries in 2024 and Potentially Beyond
  • C.4.b Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Klamath Dam Removal Related Adjustments to Management Targets
  • C.4.b Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report and 2024 Management Options – Final Guidance
  • C.4.b Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Hoopa Valley Comments on Klamath River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report and 2024 Management Options
  • C.4.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.5 Situation Summary: Identify Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of 2024 Management Alternatives
  • C.5 Attachment 1: Guidance for Alternative Development and Assessment
  • C.5 Attachment 2: Emergency Changes to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Excerpt from Council Operating Procedure 10) Criteria for Requesting Emergency Changes to Salmon FMP
  • C.5 Attachment 3: Federal Register Notice
  • C.5.a Supplemental PSC Report 1: Comment Letter on Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on SRKW
  • C.5.a Supplemental PSC Report 2: PSC Grant Overview
  • C.5.b Supplemental NMFS Report 1: NMFS Guidance Letter
  • C.5.d Supplemental WDFW/Tribal Report 1: Tribal and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2024 Management Objectives for Puget Sound Chinook and Coho Salmon
  • C.5.e Supplemental Tribal Report 1: CTCR Report
  • C.5.e Supplemental Tribal Report 2: Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes to the Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • C.5.e Supplemental SAS Report 1: Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report on Proposed Initial Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Non-Indian Ocean Fisheries
  • C.5.f Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.6 Situation Summary: Recommendations for 2024 Management Alternative Analysis
  • C.6.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • C.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.7 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2024 Management Alternatives
  • C.7.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • C.7.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.8 Situation Summary: Further Direction for 2024 Management Alternatives
  • C.8.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • C.8.a Supplemental STT Report 2: Salmon Technical Team Report REVISED Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • C.8.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.9 Situation Summary: Adopt 2024 Management Alternatives for Public Review
  • C.9.a Supplemental Tribal Report 1: Statement by the Columbia River Treaty Tribes to the Pacific Fishery Management Council Fresno, California
  • C.9.a Supplemental Tribal Report 2 (Quinault): Statement by the Quinault Indian Nation to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Fresno, CA March 10, 2024
  • C.9.a Supplemental STT Report 1: Salmon Technical Team Report Collation of Preliminary Salmon Management Alternatives for 2024 Ocean Fisheries
  • C.9.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• C.10 Situation Summary: Appoint Salmon Hearings Officers
  • C.10 Attachment 1: Schedule of Salmon Fishery Management Alternative Hearings
  • C.10.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report and Electronic Monitoring Update
  • F.1.a NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Recently Published Groundfish Rulemaking and Workload
  • F.1.c Supplemental NWFSC Report: Science Center Activities Presentation
  • F.1.d Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report and Electronic Monitoring Update
  • F.1.e Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.2 Situation Summary: Consideration of Additional California Quillback Rockfish Analyses and Adopt Rebuilding Analysis
  • F.2 Attachment 1: DRAFT 2023 Rebuilding Analysis for Quillback Rockfish in U.S. Waters off the Coast of California Based on the 2021 Stock Assessment
  • F.2 Attachment 2: Letter to the Council on Quillback Overfished Status
  • F.2.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Consideration of Additional California Quillback Rockfish Analyses and Adopt Rebuilding Analysis
  • F.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.3 Situation Summary: Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3 Attachment 1: Groundfish Assessment Prioritization to Inform the Selection of Species for Assessment in 2025 and Additional Considerations
  • F.3 Attachment 2: Groundfish Assessment Prioritization Methodology to Inform the Selection of Species for Future Assessments
  • F.3 Attachment 3: California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program Data Availability for Stock Assessments
  • F.3 Supplemental Attachment 4: Summary of Available Data to Support U.S. West Coast Groundfish Stock Assessments (Electronic Only)
  • F.3 Supplemental Attachment 5: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2025-26
  • F.3 Supplemental Attachment 6: Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Rebuilding Analysis for 2025-26
  • F.3 Supplemental Attachment 7: Terms of Reference for the Methodology Review Process for Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species for 2025-26
  • F.3 Supplemental NMFS Presentation 1: Groundfish Assessment Prioritization for 2025
  • F.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Initial Stock Assessment Plan and Terms of Reference
  • F.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.4 Situation Summary: Trawl Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • F.4.a NMFS Report 1: Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program – 2024 Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • F.4.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Trawl Cost Recovery Annual Report
  • F.4.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.5 Situation Summary: Implementation of the 2024 Pacific Whiting Fishery under the U.S./Canada Agreement
  • F.5.a Supplemental Attachment 1: Status of the Pacific Hake (whiting) Stock in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2024 (Electronic Only)
  • F.5.a Supplemental REVISED GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Implementation of the 2024 Pacific Whiting Fishery Under the U.S./Canada Agreement
  • F.5.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.6 Situation Summary: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction– Preliminary Preferred Alternative
  • F.6 Staff Presentation 1: Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction: Preliminary Preferred Alternative
  • F.6 Supplemental REVISED Attachment 1: Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction Measures Alternatives Summary
  • F.6 Attachment 2: Initial Review Draft – Groundfish Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction Measures
  • F.6.a Supplemental REVISED NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Groundfish Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction
  • F.6.a Supplemental EC Report 1: Enforcement Consultants Report on Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Preliminary Preferred Alternative
  • F.6.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Panel Report on Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction – Preliminary Preferred Alternative
  • F.6.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.7 Situation Summary: 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update and Adopt California Quillback Rockfish Harvest Specifications and Rebuilding Parameter
  • F.7 Attachment 1: Clarification Regarding the 2025-2026 Canary Rockfish Alternative Harvest Control Rule (HCR) and the California Stock of Copper Rockfish Annual Catch Target (ACT)
  • F.7 Attachment 2: Correction to the Pacific Sand Lance Scientific Name and the Common Name for Pacific Spiny Dogfish in Federal Regulation
  • F.7 Attachment 3: Technical Corrections to Lingcod South of 40* 10′ N. Latitude and Petrale Sole 2025-2026 Harvest Specifications
  • F.7 Staff Presentation 1
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Draft Informational Exploratory Widow Rockfish Allocation Analysis: Excerpted Section From Groundfish Management Team Overwinter Analysis
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 2: Draft Informational Canary Rockfish Exploratory Allocation Analysis: Excerpted Section from Groundfish Management Team Overwinter Analysis
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 3: Groundfish Management Team Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Update New Management Measure For Shortspine Thornyhead
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Report 4: Groundfish Management Team Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update
  • F.7.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update and Adopt California Quillback Rockfish Harvest Specifications and Rebuilding Parameters
  • F.7.a Supplemental GMT Presentation 1: Update on 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures
  • F.7.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on 2025-26 Fisheries Analysis Update and Adopt California Quillback Rockfish Harvest Specifications and Rebuilding Parameters
  • F.7.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• F.8 Situation Summary: Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.8.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on 2023 Groundfish Harvest in California
  • F.8.a Supplemental CDFW Report 2: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Recreational Inseason Actions for 2024
  • F.8.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: GAP Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.8.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: GMT Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.8.a Supplemental EC Report 1: Enforcement Consultants Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action
  • F.8.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

G. Pacific Halibut Management

• G.1 Situation Summary: International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Report
  • G.1 Attachment 1: Area 2A Pacific Halibut Fishery Catch Exploitable Yield (FCEY) 2020-2024
  • G.1 Attachment 2: USA Report 1
  • G.1 Attachment 3: Pacific Halibut Area 2A Annual Enforcement Report
  • G.1.a IPHC Report 1 (Electronic Only)
  • G.1.a Supplemental IPHC Presentation 1
  • G.1.b Council IPHC Representative Report 1
  • G.1.c Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on International Pacific Halibut Commission Report
  • G.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• G.2 Situation Summary: Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Action for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • G.2 Attachment 1: Summary of Pacific Halibut Incidental Catch Management
  • G.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Action for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • G.2.a Supplemental SAS Report 1: Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report on Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll and Final Recommendations for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
  • G.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

H. Ecosystem Management

• H.1 Situation Summary: California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.a CCIEA Team Report 1: 2023-2024 California Current Ecosystem Status Report (Electronic Only)
  • H.1.a Supplemental CCIEA Team Report 2: Appendix E. Developing Indicators of climate change and variability
  • H.1.a Supplemental CCIEA Team Report 3: ESR Review Topics
  • H.1.a Supplemental Presentation 1: 2023-24 California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.b Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.b Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.b Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.b Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on the California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.b Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on the Annual California Current Ecosystem Status Report
  • H.1.c Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.2 Situation Summary: Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.a Supplemental REVISED EWG Report 1 – Initiative 4
  • H.2.a Supplemental EWG Report 2: Ecosystem Workgroup Supplemental Report on the Ecosystem and Climate Information Initiative
  • H.2.a HMSMT Supplemental Report 1: HMSMT Report on the Ecosystem and Climate Information Initiative
  • H.2.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.a Supplemental CPSAS Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel Report on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 – Progress Review
  • H.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• H.3 Situation Summary: Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.a EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.a Supplemental EWG Report 2: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.a Supplemental HMSMT Report 1: HMSMT Report on Climate and Communities Initiative
  • H.3.a Supplemental HC Report 1: Habitat Committee Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.a Supplemental CPSMT Report 1: Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel Report on the Climate and Communities Initiative Review and Prioritize Tasks
  • H.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

I. Highly Migratory Species Management

• I.1 Situation Summary: National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • I.1.a NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Activities
  • I.1.a Supplemental NMFS Report 2: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Highly Migratory Species Activites
  • I.1.c Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on National Marine Fisheries Service Report
  • I.1.d Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.2 Situation Summary: International Management Activities
  • I.2 Attachment 1: WCPFC20 Outcomes (Electronic Only)
  • I.2 Attachment 2: Staff Summary of WCPFC20 Outcomes of Interest to the Council
  • I.2 Supplemental Attachment 3: WPCFC20 Letter to Councils
  • I.2.a NMFS Report 1: National Marine Fisheries Service Report on International Highly Migratory Species Activities
  • I.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• I.3 Situation Summary: Highly Migratory Species Roadmap Workshop – Final Planning
  • I.3: Supplemental HMS Roadmap Workshop Final Planning Presentation
  • I.3.a HMSMT Report 1: HMSMT Report on HMS Roadmap Workshop – Final Planning
  • I.3a Supplemental HMSMT Report 2: HMSMT Report on HMS Roadmap Workshop Planning
  • I.3.a Supplemental HMSAS Report 1: HMSAS Report on HMS Roadmap Workshop – Final Planning
  • I.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

J. Administrative Matters

• J.1 Situation Summary: Approval of Council Meeting Record
  • J.1 Attachment 1: DRAFT Council Meeting Record – November 2023 (Electronic Only)

• J.2 Situation Summary: Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
  • J.2 Attachment 1: ODFW Letter – Ainsworth Appointment
  • J.2.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

• J.3 Situation Summary: Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • J.3 Attachment 1: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • J.3 Attachment 2: Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, April 2024
  • J.3 Supplemental Attachment 3: Pacific Council Workload Planning: Preliminary Year-at-a-Glance Summary
  • J.3 Supplemental Attachment 4: Proposed Pacific Council Meeting Agenda, April 5-11, 2024 Seattle, Washington
  • J.3.a Supplemental EAS Report 1: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • J.3.a Supplemental EWG Report 1: Ecosystem Workgroup Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • J.3.a Supplemental GMT Report 1: Groundfish Management Team Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • J.3.a Supplemental GAP Report 1: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • J.3.a Supplemental SSC Report 1: Scientific and Statistical Committee Report on Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
  • J.3.b Public Comment – (If received, Electronic Only)

Advisory body and committee agendas

• Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) Agenda
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Agenda
• Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) Agenda
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) Agenda
• Groundfish Management Team (GMT) Agenda
• Habitat Committee (HC) Agenda
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) Agenda
• Salmon Technical Team (STT) Agenda
• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Agenda

Advisory body and committee memos

• Ecosystem Committee Memo: Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel, Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup, and Interested Persons
• Enforcement Consultants (EC) Memo
• Groundfish Memo: Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and Groundfish Interested Persons
• Habitat Memo: Habitat Committee and Interested Persons
• Salmon Memo: Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, and Interested Persons
• Scientific and Statistical Committee Memo

SSC materials

For SSC meeting discussion, the following items are available (Electronic Only)

• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Draft Summary Minutes (November 2-3, 2023)
• Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Groundfish Subcommittee Report on Groundfish Assessment Process Review, and revisions to the Terms of Reference for the 2025 assessment cycle
• Scientific and Statistical Committee’s Groundfish Subcommittee Report on the Additional Review of Quillback Rockfish in California
• Materials from the January groundfish subcommittee meeting regarding quillback analysis

Informational reports

• Informational Report 1 – FY 2024 Implementation Plan
• Informational Report 2 – NWFSC: Background Information Relevant to Data Moderate Assessments and to Comments or Questions Raised During the September and November 2023 Council Meetings Regarding the 2021 Assessment for Quillback Rockfish
• Informational Report 3 – Federal Register Notice
• Informational Report 4 – A Proposal to Study Costs Associated with Elements of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program (Phase 2)
• Informational Report 5 – Prey Increase Program for Southern Resident Killer Whales
• Informational Report 6 – Disaster Declaration – Quan
• Supplemental Informational Report 7 – DRAFT National Aquaculture Development Plan
• Supplemental Informational Report 8 – Analysis of Triggers for the Preliminary Preferred Trawl Individual Fishing Quote (IFQ) Gear-Switching Alternative

General Information and Membership Roster

• Flyer – Chair’s Reception (March 6, 2024)
• PFMC Council Meeting Schedule 2024-2025
• DoubleTree by Hilton Fresno – Hotel Map
• Pacific Council Seating Diagram (March 2024)
• Fresno Official Visitors Guide (Electronic Only)
• COVID Protocols
• Membership Roster: Dated February 5, 2024 for the March 2024 Meeting