sentences:  Known for its beaches and ties to the ocean, the name "Porto Covo" likely translates as "port of the covos", the term "covo" referring to a fishing net, used for capturing lobsters and crabs.The earliest record of human settlement in the area of Porto Covo dates to the Carthaginian trading along the coast.By the time of the conquest of Hispania by Rome, the island of Pessegueiro hosted a small fish processing centre (from archaeological excavation of salt tanks linked to this industry).