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Shark Cull Protests Underway At Beaches Across Western Australia And The Nation – Video

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Battle over beaches heats up in Rye

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Members of the surfing community listen to lengthy debate about commercial activity on Rye town beaches at the town's deliberative session on Saturday.Joey Cresta photo

February 01, 2014 5:43 PM

RYE Debates about public beach access dominated the town deliberative session on Saturday.

The nearly 7-hour meeting gave residents a chance to debate and alter warrant articles that will appear on the ballot next month. There are 28 articles on the warrant, but most of the attention focused on three dealing with commercial beach activities.

Townspeople have grappled with the growing popularity of Rye's beaches and the problems that come with it: congestion, noise, lack of parking, alcohol consumption and disorderly or disruptive behavior. In particular, some residents are concerned that commercial activities like surf camps are taking over the beach.

It's been obvious to me that the frequency and the types of commercial activities occurring on our beaches have been increasing, said Michael Labrie, a longtime beach commissioner and the chairman of the Beach Use Ordinance Committee.

The committee spent the bulk of last year studying the issue and crafting an ordinance that would give the town some semblance of control over a potential explosion in commercial endeavors on the beach. The result of the committee's efforts is Article 23, which proposes a permitting process that beach businesses must go through before they can lawfully operate in Rye.

We forged a compromise that is very reasonable and was very sensitive to the interests of both sides, as well as protecting our town from the liability associated with some of these activities, Labrie said.

However, it was clear several members of the committee on both sides of the issue were not satisfied with the end result. Committee member Tyler McGill, who co-owns Summer Sessions Surf Shop with his brother Ryan, proposed a pair of amendments to the ordinance.

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Shark alert closes beach

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Liam Croy, Grace Millimaci and Dan Mercer The West Australian February 2, 2014, 10:50 am

Leighton and Port beaches were closed this morning and Fisheries Department officers set more drum lines after a 4m shark was spotted a few hundred metres off Leighton beach.

Surf Life Saving WA reported that a 4m shark was swimming south about 100m off North Leighton about 8.30am, as hoards of people began arriving for surf club.

The alert prompted the fisheries vessel, which had been returning from Mullaloo after inspecting Perth drum-lines, to rush south.

Swimmers and surfers were still in the water despite the warning.

After arriving at Leighton, officers set extra drum-lines at the southern corner of the beach in a bid to catch the shark, the species of which is unknown.

The beaches were later re-opened after no further sightings of the shark.

All 10 drum lines were checked earlier this morning but all were clear.

On Friday the lines were deployed for the first time off the metropolitan coast under the Barnett Government's shark catch-and-kill policy.

Fisheries officers at work early this morning. Picture: Iain Gillespie/The West Australian

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Report: Mass. Beaches Imperiled By Budget Cuts

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BOSTON (AP) A new report is warning that improvements in the quality of beaches in the metropolitan Boston area in recent years are being threatened by budget and staffing cuts to the state agency overseeing them.

A draft report by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission obtained by The Associated Press is calling for the hiring of more full-time and seasonal employees, from beach managers to workers who help clean the sand.

The report also makes a series of recommendations about ways to improve the seaside experience, including instituting trolley shuttle services to some beaches, allowing kayak rentals and enhancing bicycle and pedestrian connections between beaches.

State Sen. Thomas McGee, co-chairman of the commission, said many of the beaches were in rough shape before the commission issued its first recommendations in 2007. He said the state was able to make real progress, and the investments made a difference.

McGee said its important not to let those improvements slip away.

We need to go from beaches that are good to beaches that are great, he said. We heard that loud and clear. If they can go to the beaches and really enjoy them, people understand that we are doing the right thing.

Bruce Berman of the group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, which worked with the commission, said staffing levels at the Department of Conservation and Recreation have slipped in recent years as the state faced tighter budgets.

The bad news is that the gains we made are at risk because of the erosion of DCRs budget during the recession, Berman said.

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Report: Mass. Beaches Imperiled By Budget Cuts

Report: Mass. beaches are imperiled by budget cuts

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By STEVE LeBLANC/Associated Press/February 1, 2014

BOSTON (AP) A new report is warning that improvements in the quality of beaches in the metropolitan Boston area in recent years are being threatened by budget and staffing cuts to the state agency overseeing them.

A draft report by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission obtained by The Associated Press is calling for the hiring of more full-time and seasonal employees, from beach managers to workers who help clean the sand.

The report also makes a series of recommendations about ways to improve the seaside experience, including instituting trolley shuttle services to some beaches, allowing kayak rentals and enhancing bicycle and pedestrian connections between beaches.

State Sen. Thomas McGee, co-chairman of the commission, said many of the beaches were in rough shape before the commission issued its first recommendations in 2007. He said the state was able to make real progress, and the investments made a difference.

McGee said its important not to let those improvements slip away.

We need to go from beaches that are good to beaches that are great, he said. We heard that loud and clear. If they can go to the beaches and really enjoy them, people understand that we are doing the right thing.

Bruce Berman of the group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, which worked with the commission, said staffing levels at the Department of Conservation and Recreation have slipped in recent years as the state faced tighter budgets.

The bad news is that the gains we made are at risk because of the erosion of DCRs budget during the recession, Berman said.

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Mass. beaches threatened by budget cuts

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A new report is warning that improvements in the quality of beaches in the metropolitan Boston area in recent years are being threatened by budget and staffing cuts to the state agency overseeing them.

A draft report by the Metropolitan Beaches Commission obtained by The Associated Press is calling for the hiring of more full-time and seasonal employees, from beach managers to workers who help clean the sand.

The report also makes a series of recommendations about ways to improve the seaside experience, including instituting trolley shuttle services to some beaches, allowing kayak rentals and enhancing bicycle and pedestrian connections between beaches.

State Sen. Thomas McGee, co-chairman of the commission, said many of the beaches were in rough shape before the commission issued its first recommendations in 2007. He said the state was able to make real progress and the investments made a difference.

McGee said it's important not to let those improvements slip away.

"We need to go from beaches that are good to beaches that are great," he said. "We heard that loud and clear. If they can go to the beaches and really enjoy them, people understand that we are doing the right thing."

Bruce Berman of the group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, which worked with the commission, said staffing levels at the Department of Conservation and Recreation have slipped in recent years as the state faced tighter budgets.

"The bad news is that the gains we made are at risk because of the erosion of DCR's budget during the recession," Berman said.

The report warns that "chronic underfunding of DCR as a whole challenges its ability to meet its commitments to public and its mission as an agency" and that an extra $7 million to $10 million may be needed in annual operating funds to meet those commitments.

The report also looked at other ways to improve the beach-going experience.

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