Municipality · Vestland · 4628

Vaksdal

1 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 1 company. The farms are in production area 4 (Nordhordland til Stadt), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

Follow Vaksdal

unknownFarms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
unknownOf lice counts above the limit, 20250 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
unknownSea 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 556,638From the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Lerøy Vest Sjø AS2,340

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 2,340 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 Vaksdal

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Sandvik Lerøy Vest Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	2,340	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
2025	0	unknown	0	0	NOK 556,638	174
2024	0	unknown	0	0*	NOK 2.4 m	55
2023	0*	unknown	0*	unknown	NOK 648,925	176
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 1.7 m	239
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 424,958	44
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 1.3 m	229
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 130,003	237

* 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

Daleelva (Vaksdal)061.Z
Ekso063.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 174 salmon (516 kg).

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