Municipality · Rogaland · 1160

Vindafjord

10 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 8 companies. The farms are in production area 2 (Ryfylke), rated yellow (2026 assessment) and production area 3 (Karmøy til Sotra), rated red (2026 assessment).

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0 of 6Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
4.4%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025275 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
64Sea 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 7.4 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 16,080 tonnes · 4 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 Vindafjord

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Ihlholmen Nordsjø Fjordbruk AS	Near the limit	0.47	2,340	8
Svollandsneset Seashore Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.22	3,120	8
Skigelstrand Osland Genetics AS	Below the limit	0.13	2,340	1
Herøy Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,600	0
Hettaneset Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	1,560	0
Lindvik Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,120	2
Ilsvåg Land Ilsvåg Holding AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Klybbatårnet Ssø Frøfisk AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Trovåg Seashore Land AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Vågafossen 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)	6	0.0%	18	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	6	4.4%	64	0	0	NOK 7.4 m	118
2024	6	0.5%	16	0	1*	NOK 16.3 m	83
2023	5*	0.0%*	9*	0	unknown	NOK 4.2 m	255
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 11.3 m	383
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 2.8 m	244
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 9.8 m	416
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 3.5 m	283

* 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

Rødneelva038.3Z
Vikedalselva (Vindafjord)038.Z
Åmselva038.5Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 118 salmon (401 kg).

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