Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 26

1UB ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, Aug. 25, 1974 Underwater Nightlife Offering Divers New Twist KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) -To newcomers, the underwater miliar. A fish that seems in the jin-clear waters. But a as for daytime divers com vers home, and each diver carries a small underwater light for individual viewing.

Most of the reef's inhabitants are more active at night. Moray eels hole up in caves in the daytime, and the first time a night diver's light illuminates a 6-f swimming freely across the coral is a moment never to be forgotten. A myriad of critters that daytime divers look for in caves and crevices can be found out on the town at night. Sea ur stroll, and tiny shrimp and crabs amble about in the open. Even the coral comes alive Those hard, stony formations of the daytime bloom after dark when the tiny polyps emerge from their stonv cuds and turn Nieht divine is a relatively vaguely recognizable is suddenly recognized as an old ac growing number are learning that the reefs are even more fascinating after the sun goes down.

Many diving guides from Key Largo to Key West now offer petence in swimming and div new pastime. In his book, "Something Rich and Strange," Dr. Robert Schroeder tells of some of the first night dives on the reefs in the early 1960s. Th book is a valuable reference for recognizing fish in their night garb. world at night is a dark, fright ing s-kills and a guide fee that ening place filled with threat quaintance who put on a differ averages $12 per person.

Night divers stick closer ening shadows, the most fright ent colored suit after dark. Thousands of sport divers vis ening being those that decide to move. The hardest thing to get used to is how the familiar is unfa the boat and cover less territo it the coral reefs off the Florida ry than they would in the day chins, spiny relatives of the Keys every day, enjoying the night trips. The requirements time. A beacon light hangs be starfish, are everywhere.

Lob-i sters often are found out for a the coral into underwater rock beautiful scenery and creatures! for participants are the same neath the boat to guide the di- gardens. AUG. 26 thru AUG. 31 PERFORMANCES EACH DAY MATINEE 4:00 PM EVENING 8:00 PM Grace Plaza Shopping Center MERRIMON AVENUE New Duck 'Points' System May Require Accountant Incentive Is Placed On Identifying Targets I AMUSEMENT RIDES FOR ALU ROCKET FERRIS WHEEL TULE OF FUN BOAT RIDE AIRPLANE SWING Frank Drake If By FRANK DRAKE Citizen-Times Outdoor Writer For the first time this fall and winter, duck hunters will hunt under the "point" system designed to permit more careful management of each species of duck. The system was adopted fallowing a public hearing on the 1974-75 waterfowl regulations recently by the N.

C. Wildlife Resources Commission using a mandatory framework of options offered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The "point" system was selected following a hearing during which a majority of the sportsmen who spoke expressed an interest in seeing a system adopted.

The Wildlife Commission also voted to adopt a 55-day split duck season, with the first portion opening at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1974, and running through Oct. 12. 1974. The second portion of the split duck season will open at noon on Nov.

27, 1974, and run through Jan. 16, 1975. The 50-day goose season will open 28, 1974 and run through Jan. 16, 1975. The "point" system operates on a point allotment basis.

That is, each species of duck is assigned a certain point value based on the duck's population. An abundant duck has a low point value, while a less common ducks will be 10-point birds under the "point" system. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service offered no options on several waterfowl regulations.

B'or example, the season will be closed this year on swans, snow geese, brant, redhead ducks and canvasback ducks. Also, the daily bag limit on the Canada goose was again set at one goose with a possession limit of two. "There was a great deal of discussion about what sort of season we should select," said Dick Hamiltion, Chief of Game. "Coastal hunters wanted a full, uninterrupted 55-day season as late as the Federal framework allows. They also wanted to make sure it spanned all the major holidays.

However, duck hunters in the western two-thirds of the state have ducks passing through their area primarily in October, and these ducks would be gone if we had adopted only a late season. With both sides compromising, a statewide split season that gives four days in October and still provides for a long, late season with all holidays cover ed was Though there was heavy support for the system, some hunters suggested that it was more beneficial to the coastal hunter than to the inland hunter where the wood duck is the primary target. duck is assigned a higher point value. For the 1974-75 season, female mallards, black ducks, wood ducks and hooded mergansers are all considered by the U. S.

Fish and Wildlife Service as needing extra protection and are therefore designated 70-point ducks. Blue-winged teal, scaups, sea ducks and American and red-breasted mergansers are far more abundant and are therefore assigned 10 points each. All other ducks are 25 points each. A hunter may shoot until he reaches 100 points a day, but may exceed 100 points under certain circumstances. For instance, a hunter may keep shooting as long as his total is under 100 points ven though the next duck he shoots may put him over 100 points.

A hunter who shoots, for example, a black duck (a 70 point duck), can fill out his daily limit with three 10-point ducks or two 25-point ducks or ene other 70-point duck. The point system places an incentive on identifying ducks before they are shot. A hunter whe wants a lot of shooting can pick out only low point-ducks. Two exceptions Involve coots and sea ducks. Although coots do not fall under the point system, the season, on coots will correspond with the duck season, and the daily bag limit on coots is 15 with a possession limit of 30.

However, the season on sea ducks does not correspond with the regular duck season. The sea duck season will open Oct. 2 and laat through Jan. 16 with a daiy bag limit of seven and a possession limit of 14 except during the period whep the regular duck season is in effect. During that period, sea Blalock Battles In Court, A gain Solunar Table players cannot police fellow members.

Moye will preside at-the Jury This schadule of Solunar Periods Is to plan vour days so that vovt will bo fllhlns in good territory or hunting In good cover during tnesg times. II you wish to find the best snort that each day has to offer. However, she filed a $5 million antitrust suit saying the LPGA could not suspend her, and Judge Charles A. Moye Jr. issued a restraining order in June, 1972, allowing her to continue to compete pending outcome of the suit.

A year later, he ruled that the LPGA had violated anti ATLANTA (AP) Jane Bla-lock's long legal battles with the Ladies Professional Golf Association return to U. S. District Court Monday with a jury trial to decide if Miss Blalock is due damages for her suspension by the LPGA in May 1972. She was accused of cheating by fellow players at' that time and was suspended for a year by the LPGA. 1 M.

Mai. A. Mln. 12:31 1:25 2:10 trial. The alleged cheating incident took place in May 1972, when the LPGA said Miss Blalock, a native of Portsmouth, N.H., improved the lie of her ball in the Bluegrass Invitational tournament at Louisville.

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