Municipality · Vestland · 4611

Etne

5 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 3 companies. The farms are in production area 3 (Karmøy til Sotra), rated red (2026 assessment).

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0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
14.7%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025143 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
18Sea 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 2.1 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 9,010 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

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None recorded.

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

Farms in Etne

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Tungesvik Mowi ASA	Below the limit	0.00	1,235	1
Ebne Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	2
Fjæra Mowi ASA	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Rafdal Mowi ASA	Not reported	unknown	1,235	0
Tendalsvik Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	2,640	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	Escapes	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	4	2.7%	19	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	4	14.7%	18	0	0	NOK 2.1 m	279
2024	4	5.0%	17	0	0*	NOK 9.1 m	34
2023	3*	5.0%*	2*	0	unknown	NOK 2.5 m	216
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7.3 m	466
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 1.8 m	310
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 4.9 m	635
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 543,902	325

* 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

EtnevassdragetNational salmon river · 041.Z
Fjæraelva042.3Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 279 salmon (908 kg).

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