Municipality · Rogaland · 1108

Sandnes

6 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 6 companies. The farms are in production area 2 (Ryfylke), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

Follow Sandnes

0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
2.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025100 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
2Sea 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 6.8 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Grieg Seafood Farming AS4,120
Seashore Sjø AS2,340
Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS1,950
Ewos Innovation AS1,000
Stiftelsen Norsk Institutt For Naturforskning Nina130
1 other companies0

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 9,540 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · 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 Sandnes

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB
Ådnøy Sø Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Below the limit	0.33	1,950
Eiane Lerøy Vest AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown
Gråtnes Ewos Innovation AS	Not reported	unknown	1,000
Ims II Stiftelsen Norsk Institutt For Naturforskning Nina	Not reported	unknown	130
Indre Slettavikneset Seashore Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	2,340
Store Teistholmen Ø Grieg Seafood Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	4,120

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)	3	6.4%	10	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	3	2.0%	2	0	0	NOK 6.8 m	398
2024	4	4.8%	7	0	0*	NOK 9.5 m	222
2023	3*	0.0%*	1*	0	unknown	NOK 2.3 m	620
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7 m	693
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 1.7 m	381
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 4.8 m	722
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 3 m	684

* 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

Eiaelva031.1Z
Espedalselva030.4Z
Høleåna029.22Z
Imselva (Sandnes)029.2Z
Lyseelva031.Z
Storåna029.1Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 398 salmon (1,676 kg).

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