Kvaløy Ø

Site 18217 · Karmøy municipality · Production area 3, Karmøy til Sotra

Below the lice limit, week 39Operated by Varde Fiskeoppdrett AS · group unknown

0.07Adult female lice per fishLimit 0.50 · below the limitWeek 39, 2026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

0Weeks above the limit in 2026of 24 weeks with a countCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

9Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Medicinal bath, week 39, 20262026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

0Active disease casesNone recordedRegister since 26 Nov 2024 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

7Wellboat visits in 2026by 2 different vessels · latest 30 Jun 2026Derived from AIS · Norwegian Coastal Administration (AIS) · updated 01 Oct 2026

4Escapes reportedNumber unknown, December 2020Since 2006 · Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Sea lice against the limit

Weekly average of adult female lice per fish, as reported by the company. For this site the limit is 0.2 in weeks 16–21 and 0.5 for the rest of the year. Hatched weeks have no count and count neither as above nor below.

2026

Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority, weekly lice counts reported by the companies · Limit: Regulation on sea lice control § 8 · Updated 01 Oct 2026

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Adult female lice per fish per week, 2026
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
1	unknown	0.5	Not reported
2	unknown	0.5	Not reported
3	unknown	0.5	Not reported
4	unknown	0.5	Not reported
5	unknown	0.5	Not reported
6	unknown	0.5	Not reported
7	unknown	0.5	Not reported
8	unknown	0.5	Not reported
9	unknown	0.5	Not reported
10	unknown	0.5	Not reported
11	unknown	0.5	Not reported
12	unknown	0.5	Not reported
13	unknown	0.5	Not reported
14	unknown	0.5	Not reported
15	unknown	0.5	Not reported
16	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
25	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
27	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.07	0.5	Below the limit

Earlier years

20250 of 24 weeks with a count above the limit

Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority, weekly lice counts reported by the companies · Limit: Regulation on sea lice control § 8 · Updated 01 Oct 2026

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Adult female lice per fish per week, 2025
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
1	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.16	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.23	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.37	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.06	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.10	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.01	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
25	unknown	0.5	Not reported
26	unknown	0.5	Not reported
27	unknown	0.5	Not reported
28	unknown	0.5	Not reported
29	unknown	0.5	Not reported
30	unknown	0.5	Not reported
31	unknown	0.5	Not reported
32	unknown	0.5	Not reported
33	unknown	0.5	Not reported
34	unknown	0.5	Not reported
35	unknown	0.5	Not reported
36	unknown	0.5	Not reported
37	unknown	0.5	Not reported
38	unknown	0.5	Not reported
39	unknown	0.5	Not reported
40	unknown	0.5	Not reported
41	unknown	0.5	Not reported
42	unknown	0.5	Not reported
43	unknown	0.5	Not reported
44	unknown	0.5	Not reported
45	unknown	0.5	Not reported
46	unknown	0.5	Not reported
47	unknown	0.5	Not reported
48	unknown	0.5	Not reported
49	unknown	0.5	Not reported
50	unknown	0.5	Not reported
51	unknown	0.5	Not reported
52	unknown	0.5	Not reported

20240 of 40 weeks with a count above the limit

Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority, weekly lice counts reported by the companies · Limit: Regulation on sea lice control § 8 · Updated 01 Oct 2026

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Adult female lice per fish per week, 2024
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
1	unknown	0.5	Not reported
2	unknown	0.5	Not reported
3	unknown	0.5	Not reported
4	unknown	0.5	Not reported
5	unknown	0.5	Not reported
6	unknown	0.5	Not reported
7	unknown	0.5	Not reported
8	unknown	0.5	Not reported
9	unknown	0.5	Not reported
10	unknown	0.5	Not reported
11	unknown	0.5	Not reported
12	unknown	0.5	Not reported
13	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.01	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
25	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
27	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.37	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.13	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 39, 2026
Medicinal bathWhole site · Benzokain
Week 35, 2026
Medicinal bathWhole site · Benzokain
Week 27, 2026
Freshwater treatment, Thermal delousing4 pens
Week 26, 2026
Thermal delousing, Freshwater treatment6 pens

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Week 22, 2026
Medicinal bathWhole site · Benzokain
Week 19, 2026
Medicinal bathWhole site · Benzokain
Week 17, 2026
Medicinal bathWhole site · Benzokain
Week 18, 2025
Thermal delousing, Freshwater treatmentWhole site
Week 5, 2025
Thermal delousing, Freshwater treatment10 pens
Week 29, 2024
Mechanical delousing, Thermal delousingWhole site

Disease

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

No cases in the Food Safety Authority's register of notifiable diseases (since 26 Nov 2024).

Escapes

Directorate of Fisheries

15 Dec 2020
Escape of salmon, number unknownCause: Sannsynligvis perleband · Directorate of Fisheries
20 Nov 2020
Escape of salmon, number unknownCause: Gnag frå Liftup i dobbeltnot i botn. · Directorate of Fisheries
18 Sep 2020
Escape of salmon, number unknownDirectorate of Fisheries
01 Sep 2020
1 salmon escapedCause: Ukjent · recaptured 1 · Directorate of Fisheries

Wellboat visits

7 visits in 2026

Visits are derived by us from the Coastal Administration's AIS positions: a fish carrier stationary within 500 metres of the farm for at least 30 minutes. The AIS archive lags about 17 days. A visit is not proof of infection.

Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
30 Jun 2026	Ro Venture	Tuholmane Ø	4 h 43 min
28 Jun 2026	Ro Venture	Tuholmane Ø	40 h 41 min
16 Apr 2026	Seifjell	Midtflua	1 h 31 min
15 Apr 2026	Seifjell	Midtflua	3 h 11 min
15 Apr 2026	Seifjell	Midtflua	40 min
14 Apr 2026	Seifjell	Midtflua	2 h 21 min
13 Apr 2026	Seifjell	Midtflua	6 h 28 min
03 May 2025	Hordagut	Gardskråneset	8 h 0 min
02 May 2025	Horda Pioneer	Øklandsvågen	3 h 11 min
02 May 2025	Horda Pioneer	Øklandsvågen	4 h 3 min
02 May 2025	Hordagut	Gardskråneset	10 h 58 min
02 May 2025	Horda Pioneer	Øklandsvågen	2 h 16 min

Show 21 older visits

Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
02 May 2025	Horda Pioneer	Øklandsvågen	1 h 37 min
01 May 2025	Hordagut	Gardskråneset	12 h 36 min
01 May 2025	Horda Pioneer	Øklandsvågen	6 h 55 min
01 May 2025	Hordagut	Gardskråneset	4 h 2 min
28 Apr 2025	Robas	Skaganeset	2 h 22 min
22 Apr 2025	Rostein	Nesevågen	3 h 3 min
14 Apr 2025	Namsos	Kastevika	3 h 29 min
06 Apr 2025	Rostein	Skaganeset	2 h 40 min
30 Jan 2025	Hordagut	Laberget	14 h 30 min
29 Jan 2025	Hordagut	Laberget	13 h 53 min
29 Jan 2025	Hordagut	Laberget	2 h 45 min
23 Oct 2024	Ronja Azul	Helgøy	17 h 48 min
23 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	12 h 51 min
22 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	2 h 54 min
20 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	1 h 23 min
20 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	2 h 59 min
19 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	1 h 13 min
19 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	3 h 47 min
18 Oct 2024	Namsos	Langevågen disease or zone there	7 h 21 min
07 Apr 2024	Ronja Christopher	Store Teistholmen Ø	2 h 51 min
22 Mar 2024	Ronja Christopher	Mjåneset	6 h 16 min

Source: Norwegian Coastal Administration (AIS) · calculated by the Salmon Ledger · updated 01 Oct 2026

Licences

Site MAB: 3,120 tonnes

Licence	Type	Capacity	Holder
H B 0003	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	802 t	Tombre Fiskeanlegg AS
H B 0008	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	780 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0001	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0004	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0005	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0009	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	904 t	Tombre Fiskeanlegg AS
H KM 0018	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
R K 0004	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	802 t	Tombre Fiskeanlegg AS
R K 0005	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	785 t	Varde Fiskeoppdrett AS
R K 0007	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	780 t	Lingalaks AS
R R 0007	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	835 t	Eidesvik Laks AS

Source: Directorate of Fisheries, aquaculture register · updated 01 Oct 2026