They'll eat the occasional fisherman, sure, but they hardly ever eat his boat, too.
At the age of 47, he arrived in New York just weeks ago from Guyana, where he was a cabdriver and occasional fisherman.
Over miles of white and ocher sand, I never saw more than two or three others, along with occasional fishermen in dugout canoes.
The occasional fisherman poled a skiff through the reeds.
They shot the occasional fisherman bold enough to set an unlicensed line.
However the whaling operations were stopped in the 1850s and, for almost a century, the coast remained unused apart from occasional fishermen.
'I'm sure the occasional fisherman gets buried here still,' Ray replied.
The only visitors are occasional fishermen and marine biologists.
The beaches were deserted except for an occasional fisherman casting his line out into the water.
Their outdoor tables are laid back, the food is inexpensive and the views also include the parade of dog walkers, joggers and the occasional fisherman.