Brandsfjorden

Site 34897 · Åfjord municipality · Production area 6, Nordmøre og Sør-Trøndelag

Below the lice limit, week 39Operated by Salmar Oppdrett AS · group SalMar

0.16Adult female lice per fishLimit 0.50 · below the limitWeek 39, 2026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

3Weeks above the limit in 2026of 39 weeks with a countCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

7Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Mechanical delousing, week 39, 20262026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

0Active disease casesNone recordedRegister since 26 Nov 2024 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

6Wellboat visits in 2026by 2 different vessels · latest 26 Aug 2026Derived from AIS · Norwegian Coastal Administration (AIS) · updated 01 Oct 2026

0Escapes reportedNone reportedSince 2006 · Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Sea lice against the limit

Weekly average of adult female lice per fish, as reported by the company. For this site the limit is 0.2 in weeks 16–21 and 0.5 for the rest of the year. Hatched weeks have no count and count neither as above nor below.

2026

Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority, weekly lice counts reported by the companies · Limit: Regulation on sea lice control § 8 · Updated 01 Oct 2026

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Adult female lice per fish per week, 2026
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
1	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.03	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.05	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.05	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.05	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.30	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.28	0.5	Below the limit
25	0.11	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.32	0.5	Below the limit
27	0.18	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.16	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
34	1.38	0.5	Above the limit
35	1.18	0.5	Above the limit
36	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.34	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.65	0.5	Above the limit
39	0.16	0.5	Below the limit

Earlier years

20250 of 15 weeks with a count above the limit

Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority, weekly lice counts reported by the companies · Limit: Regulation on sea lice control § 8 · Updated 01 Oct 2026

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Adult female lice per fish per week, 2025
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
1	unknown	0.5	Not reported
2	unknown	0.5	Not reported
3	unknown	0.5	Not reported
4	unknown	0.5	Not reported
5	unknown	0.5	Not reported
6	unknown	0.5	Not reported
7	unknown	0.5	Not reported
8	unknown	0.5	Not reported
9	unknown	0.5	Not reported
10	unknown	0.5	Not reported
11	unknown	0.5	Not reported
12	unknown	0.5	Not reported
13	unknown	0.5	Not reported
14	unknown	0.5	Not reported
15	unknown	0.5	Not reported
16	unknown	0.2	Not reported
17	unknown	0.2	Not reported
18	unknown	0.2	Not reported
19	unknown	0.2	Not reported
20	unknown	0.2	Not reported
21	unknown	0.2	Not reported
22	unknown	0.5	Not reported
23	unknown	0.5	Not reported
24	unknown	0.5	Not reported
25	unknown	0.5	Not reported
26	unknown	0.5	Not reported
27	unknown	0.5	Not reported
28	unknown	0.5	Not reported
29	unknown	0.5	Not reported
30	unknown	0.5	Not reported
31	unknown	0.5	Not reported
32	unknown	0.5	Not reported
33	unknown	0.5	Not reported
34	unknown	0.5	Not reported
35	unknown	0.5	Not reported
36	unknown	0.5	Not reported
37	unknown	0.5	Not reported
38	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.04	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 39, 2026
Mechanical delousing3 pens
Week 36, 2026
Mechanical delousing4 pens
Week 35, 2026
Mechanical delousingWhole site
Week 31, 2026
Mechanical delousing2 pens

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Week 30, 2026
Mechanical delousing1 pen
Week 28, 2026
Mechanical delousing3 pens
Week 25, 2026
Mechanical delousing3 pens

Disease

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

No cases in the Food Safety Authority's register of notifiable diseases (since 26 Nov 2024).

Escapes

Directorate of Fisheries

No escapes reported from this site since 2006.

Wellboat visits

6 visits in 2026

Visits are derived by us from the Coastal Administration's AIS positions: a fish carrier stationary within 500 metres of the farm for at least 30 minutes. The AIS archive lags about 17 days. A visit is not proof of infection.

Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
26 Aug 2026	Ronja Princess	Sandøya III	4 h 41 min
26 Aug 2026	Ronja Princess	Nordskag	5 h 31 min
25 Aug 2026	Ronja Princess	Nordskag	23 h 2 min
19 Jun 2026	Ro Vision	Sandøya III	22 h 8 min
14 Jun 2026	Ronja Princess	Hosenøyan	2 h 47 min
14 Jun 2026	Ronja Princess	Hosenøyan	1 h 5 min
14 Oct 2025	Ronja Aurora	Lekangsund II	1 h 3 min
17 Sep 2025	Ronja Aurora	Seiskjæra	3 h 42 min
17 Sep 2025	Ronja Aurora	Seiskjæra	3 h 46 min
16 Sep 2025	Ronja Aurora	Seiskjæra	3 h 31 min

Source: Norwegian Coastal Administration (AIS) · calculated by the Salmon Ledger · updated 01 Oct 2026

Licences

Site MAB: 2,340 tonnes

Licence	Type	Capacity	Holder
ST AA 0005	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST AA 0014	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST AA 0026	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST F 0061	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST R 0003	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST R 0005	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST R 0007	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
ST R 0021	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	788 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
TR AA 0004	Visning / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	780 t	Salmar Farming AS

Source: Directorate of Fisheries, aquaculture register · updated 01 Oct 2026