In that area described as the lands flowed by tidewater,
therefore, owned by the State of New Jersey, on the southerly side of the
Metedeconk River which lands are also generally bounded on the south by Lot
Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 40,
Block 680.10, as shown on the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Coastal Resources Map showing conveyances on the Metedeconk
River, Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, large tracts of state-owned
land suitable for duck hunting have been surrounded by the development of
residential properties and convenient access thereto has become limited. Said
lands are also generally described as being located on the southerly side
of the Metedeconk River east of New Jersey Route Highway 70 Bridge, extending
to the center of said river and thence in an easterly direction to the intersection
of the center line of the river with the center line of Cedar Bridge Branch
as the same would be extended in a generally easterly direction to meet the
center line of the Metedeconk River. As a result thereof, conference has been
had between the Solicitor for Brick Township, the Brick Township Prosecutor,
the Brick Township Police Department, the Counsel for New Jersey Waterfowlers
Association and the State of New Jersey, Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife.
Although the Township of Brick recognizes that the regulation of hunting and
the harvesting of wildlife is, by law, solely with the jurisdiction of the
New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, at the same time the New Jersey
Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife has expressed concern over the problems
facing New Jersey sportsmen and facing Brick Township as a result of duck
hunting in the above-described areas.