State of Palestine · Spearfishing zone
Port of Gaza (Gaza fishing harbour / Naval Police base)
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Port of Gaza (Gaza fishing harbour / Naval Police base).
The Port of Gaza is the only fishing harbour in the Gaza Strip, in the Rimal district of Gaza City on the Mediterranean coast. It is the home port of the Palestinian fishing fleet (>60% of the fleet lands here) and the base of the Palestinian Naval Police. As an active commercial/fishing port and naval base with vessel traffic, it is not a recreational spearfishing area; spearfishing/diving inside a working harbour is impractical and unsafe rather than a designated open zone. No Palestinian statute specifically naming the port as a spearfishing-ban area could be located, so this is mapped as a port (navigation/security) feature, not a gazetted no-take reserve.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
31.5258°N, 34.4306°E
View on the mapSource
This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for State of Palestine
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.
Registration with the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Fisheries), which maintains the register of Gaza fishers; vessel licences must conform to formats coordinated with the Israeli side per Oslo II.
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · ochaopt.org