Municipality · Vestland · 4622

Kvam

14 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 6 companies. The farms are in production area 3 (Karmøy til Sotra), rated red (2026 assessment).

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0 of 7Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025269 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
25Sea 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 5.3 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 24,519 tonnes · 2 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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

Farms in Kvam

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Saltkjelen I Lingalaks AS	Near the limit	0.40	3,120	0
Rossholmen Lingalaks AS	Below the limit	0.33	500	0
Ljonesbjørgene Lingalaks AS	Below the limit	0.29	3,120	0
Teigland I Tombre Fiskeanlegg AS	Below the limit	0.10	2,340	1
Dysvik Tombre Fiskeanlegg AS	Below the limit	0.09	2,340	1
Tveitnes Lingalaks AS	Below the limit	0.05	2,340	1
Djupevik Lingalaks AS	Below the limit	0.02	1,849	0
Bakka Hardanger Seafood AS	Not reported	unknown	600	0
Bergadalen Lingalaks AS	Not reported	unknown	2,340	0
Bjølvefossen Bjølve Bruk AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Lingaholmane Lingalaks AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Ljonesvågen Biofish AS	Not reported	unknown	2,200	0
Sagvik Tombre Fiskeanlegg AS	Not reported	unknown	2,210	0
Tørvikvatnet Hardingsmolt AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	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)	10	0.3%	51	1	0	unknown	unknown
2025	10	0.0%	25	0	0	NOK 5.3 m	0
2024	10	0.2%	44	1	0*	NOK 22.6 m	0
2023	8*	0.0%*	5*	0	unknown	NOK 7.2 m	0
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 16.5 m	0
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6.2 m	0
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 12.5 m	0
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	9	unknown	NOK 2.5 m	0

* 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

Steinsdalselva og Movatnet (Kvam)052.7Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 0 salmon (0 kg).

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