Naples, Fla.- Sand hauling trucks will be barreling down local roads to renourish city beaches for the second time in two years. But, the Vice Mayor of Naples tells WINK News, the beaches need a permanent fix.

"We need to move away from beach renourishment done by truck and going back to off-shore beach renourishment," said City of Naples Vice Mayor, Dee Sulick.

The last renourishment in Collier County was in 2005 and cost about $26 million. At the time, 50% of tourist tax dollars were allocated to beach renourishment. In 2013, county commissioners voted to reduce that amount of money to 41%.

"We are always lacking for funds and looking for moneies," said Vice Mayor Sulick.

Jack Wert, Executive Director of the county's Convention and Visitor's bureau said tourism is up 16% from last year. He says that means extra money for marketing the beaches and for the beaches themselves.

"You need a good product. The beaches are an important part of how we market this destination," said Wert. "But, you need to be able to tell people that you have great beaches too."

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EPA recommends shark drum lines are not to be implemented along WA beaches. Photo: Aleisha Orr

Drum lines will not be deployed off West Australian beaches this summer.

Premier Colin Barnett said the government did not plan to appeal the Environmental Protection Authority's decision rejecting the state government's shark kill zones proposal.

He said while the State Government would not be appealing the EPA decision, the application for drum lines was still before Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt.

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"We are accepting the EPA decision here so we are not going to appeal it. That means it will not be possible to have drum lines over this summer. If we were to do so there would clearly be court challenges and you would never get there, the Premier said.

Mr Barnett said it appeared there were different rules for the eastern states, where drum lines are allowed, and Western Australia. The government would now focus on how to deal with rogue sharks that threatened public safety, he said.

"I dont think that drum lines will apply in Western Australia for this summer and probably maybe not again. I would want to have the capacity to deal with an imminent threat and deal with it immediately. A process of conversations going backwards and forwards to Canberra has proven to be totally ineffective."

"I cannot simply walk away and say that's the EPA decision. They only look at the environment. I have to look at environment plus public safety. I don't like drum lines more than anyone else but I had to respond to a situation of seven fatalities in three years."

He said the government would look at putting swimming enclosures at beaches where there were calm waters, for example at Dunsborough.

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a measure to limit smoking in the states parks and beaches.

In his veto message released Wednesday night, Christie pointed to numerous municipalities that have already banned smoking in their parks and beaches, and argued the issue is better left to local officials to decide for their constituents.

While I appreciate the sponsors concerns regarding the health risks poses by smoking and secondhand smoke, I am not persuaded that a prescriptive, one-size-fits-all State ban on smoking in public parks and beaches is advisable at this time, he wrote.

Smoking would have been banned at parks and limited at beaches under the bill approved by the state Senate and Assembly in June. It garnered overwhelming support in both chambers.

The bill aimed to reduce secondhand smoke exposure, cut down on litter and curtail fire risks. Violators would have been fined at least $250 for a first offense and up to $1,000 for repeated violations.

The Senates health committee chair had called the measure a great compromise at the time of its passage, noting the Assembly had previously passed a bill that called for an outright ban on smoking at beaches.

Christies decision was sharply criticized by Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, one of the bills sponsors.

This is extremely unfortunate from both a public health perspective and from an environmental perspective, she said in a statement issued shortly after the veto was announced. I would have hoped the governor would have joined the overwhelming majority of the legislature who supported this bill by standing up for the publics best interests.

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a measure to limit smoking in the states parks and beaches.

In his veto message released Wednesday night, Christie pointed to numerous municipalities that have already banned smoking in their parks and beaches, and argued the issue is better left to local officials to decide for their constituents.

While I appreciate the sponsors concerns regarding the health risks poses by smoking and secondhand smoke, I am not persuaded that a prescriptive, one-size-fits-all State ban on smoking in public parks and beaches is advisable at this time, he wrote.

Smoking would have been banned at parks and limited at beaches under the bill approved by the state Senate and Assembly in June. It garnered overwhelming support in both chambers.

The bill aimed to reduce secondhand smoke exposure, cut down on litter and curtail fire risks. Violators would have been fined at least $250 for a first offense and up to $1,000 for repeated violations.

The Senates health committee chair had called the measure a great compromise at the time of its passage, noting the Assembly had previously passed a bill that called for an outright ban on smoking at beaches.

Christies decision was sharply criticized by Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, one of the bills sponsors.

This is extremely unfortunate from both a public health perspective and from an environmental perspective, she said in a statement issued shortly after the veto was announced. I would have hoped the governor would have joined the overwhelming majority of the legislature who supported this bill by standing up for the publics best interests.

Several shore towns including Belmar, Seaside Heights, Long Branch already ban smoking.

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A white pointer mauled 50-year-old British expat Paul Wilcox as his wife waited for him on the shore.

A man joked with his parents about sharks in their last phone call before he was mauled in a fatal attack at Byron Bay.

Beaches remain closed today after a white pointer mauled 50-year-old British expat Paul Wilcox, while his wife waited for him on the shore.

Wilcox had been swimming between the Pass and Main Beach at Byron Bay when he was bitten.

His grieving parents Bryan and Marie Wilcox, who live in northern Wales, have revealed they spoke to their son about sharks soon before he set off on the final swim of his life.

"But he said there had only been three shark attacks in the last 12 years. It's just extraordinary."

Newcastle paddleboarder Mark Hickey spotted him in trouble, just beyond the sandbar.

"I thought it was a turtle and then I looked closer and there was a lot of blood in the water, there was a shark circling and I recognised that it was a person," Mr Hickey told 7News.

Ignoring the threat, he ran out to chest-deep water and dragged Paul back to the beach.

"We then tried to give him CPR and mouth-to-mouth for about 20 minutes, Hickey said.

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A surfer has died as a result from a shark attack at a popular beach at Byron Bay on the NSW north coast.

BYRON Bay shark attack victim Paul Wilcox joked about sharks during his last phone call to his parents in Wales.

In an interview with the Welsh newspaper Rhyl, Prestatyn and Abergele Journal the 50-year-old British expats parents Bryan and Marie Wilcox said the subject of sharks had come up oin their last phone call, just a day before he was stalked and killed by a 3m white pointer.

This subject came up in a joke when we last spoke to him, Mr Wilcox said.

But he said there had only been three shark attacks in the last 12 years. Its just extraordinary.

Byron Bay lifeguards patrolling the closed beach today. Picture: Adam Head Source: News Corp Australia

Northern NSW Lifeguard co-ordinator Scott McCartney said the organisation had decided it was better to be safe than sorry.

Lifeguards spent the morning patrolling the waters on jet-skis while the Jet Rescue boat from Ballina went further afield searching for any sign of the 3-metre great white that attacked Byron Bay local Paul Wilcox yesterday morning.

Mr McCartney said the rough conditions today were making it difficult to spot sharks or any other marine life.

We have made the decision to keep the beaches closed for another day, he said.

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Joshua Hanley, who has been arrested for supplying the potentially deadly drug Batman. Photo: Supplied

They appeared to be three normal northern beaches mates who liked to ski together and party hard.

But police believe the trio of 23-year-old school friends are behind the spread of one of the most potent and potentially deadly batches of ecstasy pills the state has seen.

A warning was issued in August after police detected a batch of blue pills stamped with a Batman logo and spiked with the deadly 25c-NBOMe, a synthetic LSD-like substance linked to the deaths of several young people, including north shore teenager Henry Kwan.

Arrested: Zac Fenson. Photo: Supplied

The pills had turned up in the southern region of NSW, on the state's ski fields and at a party in the Hawkesbury, where several users had bad reactions, prompting police to warn partygoers about the "extremely potent psychoactive substance responsible for a number of deaths in Australia and overseas".

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Fearing potentially deadly consequences, police began a full-scale operation in May to trace the source of the pills and shut down the network of suppliers.

Detectives stormed a hotel room in Sutton on Friday night, in the state's alpine region, where they arrested Jeffrey Gilmour, 23, from Collaroy Plateau and Zachary Fenson, 23, from Wheeler Heights,

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Joshua Hanley, who has been arrested for supplying the potentially deadly drug Batman. Photo: Supplied

They appeared to be three normal northern beaches mates who liked to ski together and party hard.

But police believe the trio of 23-year-old school friends are behind the spread of one of the most potent and potentially deadly batches of ecstasy pills the state has seen.

A warning was issued in August after police detected a batch of blue pills stamped with a Batman logo and spiked with the deadly 25c-NBOMe, a synthetic LSD-like substance linked to the deaths of several young people, including north shore teenager Henry Kwan.

Arrested: Zac Fenson. Photo: Supplied

The pills had turned up in the southern region of NSW, on the state's ski fields and at a party in the Hawkesbury, where several users had bad reactions, prompting police to warn partygoers about the "extremely potent psychoactive substance responsible for a number of deaths in Australia and overseas".

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Fearing potentially deadly consequences, police began a full-scale operation in May to trace the source of the pills and shut down the network of suppliers.

Detectives stormed a hotel room in Sutton on Friday night, in the state's alpine region, where they arrested Jeffrey Gilmour, 23, from Collaroy Plateau and Zachary Fenson, 23, from Wheeler Heights,

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The Leisure & Cultural Services Department has announced that lifesaving services at 13 beaches have been suspended, and seven public pools are closed, due to insufficient lifeguards on duty today.

The beaches are Anglers', Ting Kau and Ma Wan Tung Wan beaches in Tsuen Wan; Butterfly and Golden beaches in Tuen Mun; Silverstrand and Clear Water Bay Second beaches in Sai Kung; and, Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay, South Bay, Stanley Main, Turtle Cove and Shek O beaches in Southern District.

Red flags have been hoisted at these beaches. For safety reasons, swimmers should not enter the water.

The closed pools are Morrison Hill and Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park pools on Hong Kong Island; Tai Kok Tsui, Hammer Hill Road, Jordan Valley, and Lam Tin pools in Kowloon; and, Tung Chung Swimming Pool in the New Territories.

Sixteen pools partially open are Pao Yue Kong, Kennedy Town, Victoria Park and Siu Sai Wan pools on Hong Kong Island; Lai Chi Kok Park, Sham Shui Po Park, Kowloon Park, Kowloon Tsai and Kwun Tong pools in Kowloon; and, Jockey Club Yan Oi Tong, Tuen Mun North West, Shing Mun Valley, Tsing Yi, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung and Hin Tin pools in New Territories.

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A NATIONAL marine charity has urged people to take part in helping to clear beaches around Yorkshire.

The Marine Conservation Society is looking for people to join beach cleans at Robins Hood Bay, Scarborough, Filey and Flamborough. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) runs regular beach cleans around the UK which this year will culminate in the Great British Beach Clean over the weekend of September 19 to 22.

Tom Bell, MCS Campaigns Manager, said: Our domestic habits over the last 50 years or so have resulted in dirty beaches. We throw more stuff away than ever. Plastic in the marine environment may take hundreds of years to break down and it washes up or is blown onto beaches in bits from micro pieces to larger chunks.

We flush stuff down the loo we shouldnt, and that ends up in our water ways and then our beaches. We want to see people turning out to clean up their favourite or local beach during our Great British Beach Clean weekend please dont turn your back on our beaches.

There are beach clean events in Yorkshire Flamborough, Hessle Foreshore, Hornsea, Spurn, Hunmanby Gap, Robin Hoods Bay, Sandsend, Scarbough, Sewerby Steps, Tate Hill Sands, Filey, and Reighton Sands.

To find out dates and times at individual beaches and to sign up to the Great British Beach Clean in Yorkshire, register at mcsuk.org/greatbritishbeachclean or call 01989 567807.

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POLL: Northern Illawarra dog owners are preparing to fight for their off-leash beaches.

Dog owners playing on the off-leash area at Sharkeys Beach. Picture: SYLVIA LIBER

Northern Illawarra dog owners are joining forces and preparing to fight for their off-leash beaches in the face of controversial changes to Wollongong City Council's dogs on beaches policy.

A Facebook page dedicated to the cause has attracted more than 2200 likes, while the Wollongong Dog Community group has gathered 250 email subscribers in less than two weeks.

The community action group, which held its first meeting in Thirroul on Saturday, plans to raise a number of concerns at a meeting with councillors in coming weeks.

Under planned changes to its dogs on beaches and parks policy, the council has recommended dogs only be allowed on Sharkeys, McCauleys and Little Austinmer beaches at restricted times, provided they are on a leash.

Solution wanted: Wollongong Dog Community meets at Thirroul library to discuss proposed changes to the council's policy for dogs on beaches. Picture: CHRISTOPHER CHAN

Of a weekend, northern suburbs dog owners would be forced to drive to Bellambi beach - up to an 80-minute round trip for some residents - to let their dogs run off-leash.

Committee member David Hurley described the proposed changes as "radical" and said owners were struggling to understand why they were put forward.

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After Labor Day, the rules and regulations on Long Islands beaches change. NY1s Valarie DElia sorts out the secrets of shoulder season in Southampton.

The day after Labor Day is called tumbleweed Tuesday, said Tom Edmonds of the Southampton Historical Museum.

Tumbleweed Tuesday marks the start of shoulder season, sandwiched between high and low seasons, when lifeguards abandon their posts, the beach parking is free and rules for four-wheels and four paws are relaxed.

You still get beautiful weather, beautiful beaches, and the water is still warm, afternoon you come in the town and shop in the stores, all the stores are open still, and the restaurants are easy to get a table, enjoy the restaurant, enjoy the beautiful meals, sit outside and watch the people, said restaurateur Zach Erdem.

At the popular 75 Main, dinner specials are available every night except Saturday starting in October.

Its like a 50% off deal here, said Erdem.

Monday night football ushers in $5 burgers, brews and wings at the sporty Publick House. At the acclaimed Plaza Caf, a three-course meal with a movie voucher is $42.

Hanks Pumpkintown in nearby Water Mill delights the kids with some gourd-geous specimens along with a family favorite, apple picking.

The last weekend of September shows off Southamptons cultural side.

One of the primo perks of an Autumn stay is the fact that hotels become more available and affordable, especially midweek.

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