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![Candada goose](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bo_11.jpg?itok=3G-FZD2y)
![Oyster farmer Alf-Roald Sætre of the Espevik dam](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/tysnes_6.jpg?itok=Qe16WF4L)
![Fishing in the lower part of Etneelva](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/etne_44.jpg?itok=udp0lwMs)
Etne river
There is still life to be found that is just “hanging on a string”. The Etne river has been the most important river for sports- fisherman in Hordaland after salmon fishing in Vosso was temporarily forbidden. As late as 2000, 4 tonnes of salmon and sea trout were taken out of the Etne river, the best fishing for 10 years. In the whole of the county there are only 15-20 rivers that can compete with this haul.
![Leech (Jan Rabben)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/tysnes_9.jpg?itok=6mOcgRc5)
![Three of the islands in the nature preserve: Litla Vesøya, Stora Vestøya and Lyngøy.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/landskao.jpg?itok=sfUp-2i7)
Fluøyane
The richest seabird localities in Bjørna Fjord are FLUØYANE, a group of small and medium-sized islets just east of the entrance to Våge. Here, we see many different nesting birds, but there is the danger that overgrowth will become an obstacle for nesting here in the future. On one of the islands, the environmental protection authority has promised to step in and help the birds.
![Boat engines, Norwegian Engine Museum in Skånevik](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_189_motormuseum_1_150.jpg?itok=CDwNdWQJ)
![Stordalen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/304/stordalen_endret_til_rgb.jpg?itok=nn6EunGo)
Stordalen
When the Etne water system was protected in 1994, preservation of the cultural landscape in Stordalen Valley was a a main objective. This is a valley with an exceptional abundance of Different types of plants and animals. In the grey alder forest in Stordalen there are more bird species than in most other places, in fact, denser than one tends to find in a tropical rainforest.
![The eider population at Bømlo has increased sharply during the last decade.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fuuugler.jpg?itok=gor6FPw4)
![Tysnes appears to be a municipality with many bat localities](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/tysnes_18.jpg?itok=zX5plpzu)
![From the old road along the Åkrafjord](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_190_akrafjord_veg_2_150.jpg?itok=0G_IOg6S)