Located near Tirat Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council.

[1] The beginnings of the kibbutz were in December 1941, with the formation of a work company near Kiryat Haim by Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia and Germany.

[2] The meaning of the name HaHotrim (The Rowers) is symbolising the wishes of the founders to engage in fishing.

[3] The kibbutz was established in 1952 on the land of a depopulated Palestinian village named al-Tira.

[4][5] In 1999, Mount Carmel Naval Base was relocated to here.