Fishing areas are frequently named according to islands or landmarks nearby, or to present or past facts/situations. Examples are the ‘‘Costao da Ilha dos Ovos’’ (lit.: Slope of Eggs Island) that is next to Ovos island; ‘‘Croados Cavalos’’ named because during dry periods the population of Torotama island used to go by horse to Marinheiros island using the route that crossed Croa dos Cavalos; ‘‘Lamerao da Figueira (fig tree)’’ is named after a fig tree settled in a sandbank during a rainstorm. Most of the fishermen, however, do not know the origin of the designations because the fishing areas were named more than a century ago.