Municipality · Vestland · 4617

Kvinnherad

24 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 11 companies. The farms are in production area 3 (Karmøy til Sotra), rated red (2026 assessment).

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0 of 16Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
4.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025553 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
77Sea 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 18.1 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 59,850 tonnes · 3 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Farms in Kvinnherad

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Høysteinen Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Near the limit	0.46	3,120	0
Utåker Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Near the limit	0.44	3,600	0
Djupevika Sjøtroll Havbruk Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.30	3,900	5
Seglberget Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.30	3,120	4
Skorpo NV Sjøtroll Havbruk Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.25	5,460	5
Nebbo Fylkesnes Fisk AS	Below the limit	0.23	3,120	1
Tveitnesvik Sjøtroll Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.23	1,560	0
Hågardsneset Eide Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.10	2,340	0
Ystadneset Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.09	3,900	0
Brandaskuta Eide Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.08	2,340	0
Hisdalen Eide Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.08	2,340	2
Trommo Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.04	3,120	1
Hondskår Eide Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.01	2,340	1
Alsåkervik Mowi ASA	Below the limit	0.00	780	2
Slåttenes Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	1,560	0

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Åkre Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,120	2
Dyrnes Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	780	1
Maradalen Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	0
Mælen Fjelberg Fjordbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	4,680	0
Skotberget Eide Fjordbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	0
Sundal Eide Smolt AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Sunde Viking Fjord AS	Not reported	unknown	1,170	13
Ænes Ænes Inkubator AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Øyerhamn Mowi ASA	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)	19	1.4%	75	1	0	unknown	unknown
2025	18	4.0%	77	0	0	NOK 18.1 m	207
2024	19	0.5%	71	0	0*	NOK 61 m	47
2023	12*	1.4%*	11*	0	unknown	NOK 21.7 m	167
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 43.2 m	215
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 9.9 m	139
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 31.2 m	205
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7 m	156

* 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

Bondhuselva046.3Z
Guddalselva045.32Z
Rosendalselvane045.4Z
Uskedalselva045.2Z
Æneselva046.1Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 207 salmon (527 kg).

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