Rosh Hanikra-Achziv Marine Reserve, with an impressive 100,062 dunams, is the first and only tourist marine nature reserve on the Israeli Mediterranean coast, featuring authorized snorkeling, diving clubs and four bathing beaches, as well as a wide array of unique flora and fauna under and over the water
Some 30 dead batoids were discovered by a local nature photographer after they were caught as bycatch in a fishing net and discarded after being injured and killed
Israel Nature and Parks Authority says jellyfish populations in the region have exploded thanks to human activities such ocean pollution, climate change and harming its natural predators