Municipality · Vestland · 4632

Austrheim

2 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 companies. The farms are in production area 4 (Nordhordland til Stadt), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

Follow Austrheim

0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202550 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
9Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 1.7 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Kobbevik Og Furuholmen Oppdrett AS5,460
Blom Fiskeoppdrett AS1,560

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 7,020 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

Atom feed

None recorded.

Food Safety Authority, Directorate of Fisheries, Coastal Administration (AIS) · the same events as in the alerts

Farms in Austrheim

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Øksneset Kobbevik Og Furuholmen Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.12	5,460	0
Allersholmen Blom Fiskeoppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0

Lice: adult female lice per fish, Week 39, 2026 (▲ above, ◆ near, ● below the limit, ○ unknown) · Food Safety Authority · Wellboat visits: 30 days to 12 Sep 2026, Coastal Administration (AIS) · MAB: allowed biomass in tonnes, Directorate of Fisheries

By year

Year	Farms reporting	Above limit	Treatments	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	1	0.0%	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	1	0.0%	9	0	NOK 1.7 m	unknown
2024	1	0.0%	1	0*	NOK 7.2 m	unknown
2023	1*	0.0%*	0*	unknown	NOK 1.9 m	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 5.2 m	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 1.3 m	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4 m	unknown
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 390,009	unknown

* Partial year: lice counts from the Food Safety Authority from week 40 of 2023; disease register from 26 Nov 2024 (older cases only if still open then). The Aquaculture Fund publishes yearly around October–December. Wild salmon: reported catch in rivers with their mouth in the municipality (Statistics Norway). Unknown = no data, not zero.

Salmon rivers

No registered salmon rivers with their mouth in the municipality.

Norwegian Environment Agency, Directorate of Fisheries · catch: Statistics Norway