«We had a project on lobster repopulation and our lobsters were caught in Corsica, and therefore you have to pay us!», said Vittorio Gazale, director of the Asinara National Park, smiling, addressing Jean Michel Culioli, manager of the reserve natural of the Strait of Bonifacio. «Of course we have to pay for some of the lobsters at Asinara», he replied amusedly, «but La Maddalena has to pay for some of the groupers... and also Asinara; we therefore have to exchange lobsters for groupers", responded promptly and equally smiling Jean Michel Culioli, referring to the excellent results they obtained with the repopulation, especially in the Lavezzi, of this fish.
The fun little scene took place in Santa Teresa Gallura, during a round table which saw 7 directors from national parks and Sardinian protected marine areas discuss common problems and perspectives, together with the person in charge of that race, with the regional councilor present 'Environment, Marco Porcu.
«What we have always done is to have started many collaborations with the realities close to our park», explained Vittorio Gazale, «and I'm talking about Porto Conte, Capocaccia, La Maddalena, Capo Testa, the friends of Bonifacio; really many research projects." A territory and a sea without borders, above all for the marine and terrestrial species that populate it, this one of the Strait of Bonifacio, on which many realities overlook, «because the sea birds that live in La Maddalena - continued Gazale - come to eat with us, in Asinara, or they sleep with us and go to eat theirs. From an environmental point of view, obviously barriers don't exist, perimeters don't exist."
