Municipality · Møre og Romsdal · 1577

Volda

6 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 4 companies. The farms are in production area 5 (Stadt til Hustadvika), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

Follow Volda

0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202593 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
18Sea 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 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 12,480 tonnes · 3 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 Volda

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Sandvika Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Near the limit	0.43	5,460	12
Rønstad Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.17	3,900	0
Dale Salmon Evolution Dale AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Dravlaus Mowi ASA	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Kvangardsnes Måsøval Lisens AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Steinsvik 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)	3	2.9%	27	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	3	0.0%	18	0	0	NOK 3 m	193
2024	3	3.6%	28	0	0*	NOK 12.6 m	171
2023	1*	0.0%*	3*	0	unknown	NOK 3.5 m	347
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 9.2 m	289
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 2 m	354
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7.1 m	577
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 693,350	320

* 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

Austefjordelva094.4Z
Kilselva (Volda)094.Z
Vikelva (Bjørke)097.2Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 193 salmon (503 kg).

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