They employ local fishermen to spot and mark the nest sites in Bahia and elsewhere, even in parts of the coast where there has been development.

Late last month, Chinese fishermen spotted a small oceangoing fishing boat that was stranded and seemed to be in trouble.

"A fisherman from a nearby island spotted her," replied the man from the zoo.

If fishermen spotted the camp, rafts or wrecks, the alarm would be raised.

No local fishermen or incidental looters would have spotted it.

On January 1, 1986, a fisherman spotted the box sitting about three feet from the bank of the river and informed police.

A fisherman spotted the remains about 9:45 a.m. just east of the Utopia Parkway, the police said.

He knew it in the same way that a fisherman spots the shoal by the ripple on the water.

A fisherman spotted that body floating near the Hart Island shore on May 4.

A fisherman spotted the two rafts and notified the armed forces.