Myths, legends, and stories define the landscape of the Strait of Messina. The most literary stretch of sea, celebrated by poets and writers, perpetuates the ritual of traditional fishing in the Strait, recently included in the Slow Food Presidia. Here, where the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas meet, Calabria and Sicily attempt to embrace, watched over by the monsters Scylla and Charybdis.

The only bridge that exists is that of fish biodiversity. From April to September, Mare Nostrum is dotted with feluccas, boats of probable Phoenician origin, dedicated to traditional fishing in the Strait, through the division between Messina and Reggio Calabria, of portions of the sea where they fish for swordfish, tuna, Atlantic saury, albacore, bullet tuna, and bluefish.