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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0484\">484<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356605,"identifier":"28.2-302.1:1","token":"28.2\/II\/3\/1.1\/28.2-302.1_1","url":"\/28.2-302.1_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-302.1_1\/","token":"28.2\/II\/3\/1.1\/28.2-302.1_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fisherman Identification Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-302.1:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall establish the Fisherman Identification Program, which shall be consistent with the National Saltwater Angler Registry Program. 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