Big game (offshore)
Atlantic bonito
Bonito · Sarda sarda
Tuna-like with dark oblique stripes along the back. Warm-season surface schools.
Best months
May–Oct
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Legal minimum size
No minimum landing size listed in Anexo II — daily weight limits and good practice still apply.
Habitat
Inshore-to-offshore surface, bird-worked schools.
Method
Trolling small lures; spinning metal jigs/feathers to schools.
Regulation
Highly-migratory species — catch-and-release is recommended good practice.
Legal sizes per Portaria 484/2016/M (Anexo II). Always confirm with the Direção Regional de Pescas.