Fifång

Protected since: 1999, revised in 2005

Size: 1 721 hectares of which 242 hectares are land

Character: archipelago, marine environments and mixed forest

Municipality: Södertälje

Landowner: the state

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Type of protection: nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Fifång SE0110101

Since there is no regular transit out to the reserve so the best way to get there is by private boat. There is a protected harbor at the southern end of Fifång island, with piers managed by the Södertälje Boating Society.

In order to protect the Fifång nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

1. drill, cut, blast, carve, dig, paint or in any other way damage rock, soil or stone,
2. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees and bushes,
3. dig up plants such as shrubs, herbaceous plants, grasses, mosses or lichens, or remove fungi growing on wood, or pull up underwater vegetation,
4. disturb wildlife (e.g. by climbing nesting trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians),
5. bring dogs not on a leash,
6. anchor a boat for more than two consecutive nights in the same place (anchoring at a pier is allowed),
7. camp for more than two consecutive nights in the same place,
8. make a fire outside of designated sites,
9. perform ship-to-ship (STS) cargo transfer,
10. use chemical treatments for oil decontamination.