What is the state of health of the Pink Beach and its sea? How useful was it to ban access for over thirty years? To answer these questions, next Monday and Tuesday (July 14 and 15), La Maddalena National Park, in collaboration with the Naples Zoological Station (a leading research institution in marine biology and ecology, founded in 1872), will conduct a fact-finding survey, including research and diving, "to assess the state of conservation of the seabed and the conditions of the habitat and the seagrass," says Park Director Giulio Plastina.
In particular, monitoring will be carried out for foraminifera, namely miniacins, a single-celled organism that builds pink, multi-chambered calcareous shells. These are the shells that gave Cala di Roto beach its unique color in the past, and continue to do so. Budelli's Spiaggia Rosa (Pink Beach) has been closed to the public since 1994. The ban was imposed by the then Minister of the Environment, Carlo Ripa di Meana, to protect this delicate and unique ecosystem, severely damaged by human trampling, the removal of its distinctive sand, and anchoring.
This monitoring has not been conducted for over ten years; it will be interesting to verify the situation by comparing the data obtained with the initial situation in 1994 and those from intermediate monitoring. To carry out these operations, the Port Authority of La Maddalena has published an ordinance (no. 92/25), which states that on July 14th and 15th, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., during the work, at Spiaggia Rosa/Cala di Roto, within a radius of 100 meters from the specially marked OTS, the following are prohibited: bathing; the transit, mooring, and anchoring of any vessel not involved in the work; fishing, scuba diving, and any recreational and/or professional activity in general.
