1.   Another council member, Tom Hill, a former charter boat operator, said there was one sure way to deal with discards.

2.   Are there any dive boat operators in the area near the coast?

3.   Before scuba divers plunge beneath the water, they usually mark their position with a red-and-white flag to signal boat operators to avoid the area.

4.   Boat operators who deny it may be gondoliars.

5.   Bursk, a charter fishing boat operator, was inspired by a dinner party at which he encountered a box of chocolates with all the bottoms poked and scratched.

6.   Government officials said the islands were not able to handle the hundreds of tourists on the large ships and that the practice was hurting local boat operators.

7.   Only Alabama requires licensing of all boat operators.

8.   Other boat operators ply the waters of the quiet St. Johns River.

9.   Rapid changes in direction or speed and escape tactics, such as underwater course changes and rapid surface swimming, should signal boat operators to slowly back off.

10.   Provost said the boat operator had practiced the stunt but was relatively inexperienced.