Location
Key Information
| 0.31 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 0.31 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
Regulations: MedPAN’s database on Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. MedPAN. February 2020.
Boundary: Israel Nature and Parks Authority (Unmodified)
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April 2025
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Purpose
These rocky islets serve as nesting sites for seabirds, and beneath the surface, between the rocks, various species of groupers and giant crabs find refuge. The Rosh HaNikra Islands, also known as Iyye Rosh Ha-Niqra (איי ראש הנקרה), are a group of three small, uninhabited islands—Shahaf, Nahalieli, and T’chelet—situated approximately 800 meters off the Mediterranean coast near Rosh HaNikra in northern Israel. These islands are part of the Rosh Hanikra-Achziv Marine Nature Reserve, Israel’s largest marine protected area, which spans about 7 kilometers along the shoreline and extends roughly 15 kilometers into the sea.
Species of Concern: Monk Seal (Monachus monachus); Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas); Gulls (Laridae); Ghost Crab (Ocypode cursor); Sea Snails (Gastropoda); Seagull (Larus); Yellow legged gull (Larus michahellis); Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
1. Fishing is prohibited.
2. Motorized boating is prohibited.
3. No person shall carry out any action which constitutes or which might constitute damage to the nature reserve, other than with a written permit from the Director, including eradication, destruction, demolition, breaking, sabotage, writing, drawing or engraving on the land, placement of a signboard, causing damage to or bothering an animal, grazing, cutting, plucking, removal, alteration of shape or natural position of animals, vegetation or abiotic objects, or interference with their reproduction and continuation of their natural development, changing the face of the land, including excavation, erection of a structure or installation, or introduction of extraneous material, as well as the dumping of waste or leaving it.
Allowed
Certain acitivites may be allowed, subject to receipt of a written permit from the Director.