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Site 16939 · Lødingen municipality · Production area 9, Vestfjorden og Vesterålen

Below the lice limit, week 39Operated by Nordlaks Havbruk AS · group Nordlaks

0.04Adult female lice per fishLimit 0.50 · below the limitWeek 39, 2026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

0Weeks above the limit in 2026of 20 weeks with a countCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

4Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Mechanical delousing, week 38, 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

5Wellboat visits in 2026by 2 different vessels · latest 03 May 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 21–26 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	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	0.5	Not reported
17	unknown	0.5	Not reported
18	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
19	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
20	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
21	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
23	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
24	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
25	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
26	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
27	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.29	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.04	0.5	Below the limit

Earlier years

20251 of 17 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	0.57	0.5	Above the limit
2	0.18	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
17	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
18	unknown	0.5	Not reported
19	unknown	0.5	Not reported
20	unknown	0.5	Not reported
21	unknown	0.2	Not reported
22	unknown	0.2	Not reported
23	unknown	0.2	Not reported
24	unknown	0.2	Not reported
25	unknown	0.2	Not reported
26	unknown	0.2	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	unknown	0.5	Not reported
39	unknown	0.5	Not reported
40	unknown	0.5	Not reported
41	unknown	0.5	Not reported
42	unknown	0.5	Not reported
43	unknown	0.5	Not reported
44	unknown	0.5	Not reported
45	unknown	0.5	Not reported
46	unknown	0.5	Not reported
47	unknown	0.5	Not reported
48	unknown	0.5	Not reported
49	unknown	0.5	Not reported
50	unknown	0.5	Not reported
51	unknown	0.5	Not reported
52	unknown	0.5	Not reported

20241 of 34 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, 2024
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	0.5	Not reported
17	unknown	0.5	Not reported
18	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
19	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
20	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
21	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
23	unknown	0.2	Reported without a count
24	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
25	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
26	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
27	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.32	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.43	0.5	Near the limit
43	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
49	1.01	0.5	Above the limit
50	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.16	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.12	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 38, 2026
Freshwater treatment, Mechanical delousing8 pens
Week 28, 2026
Medicinal feedEmamectin benzoat
Week 27, 2026
Medicinal feedWhole site · Emamectin benzoat
Week 2, 2025
Medicinal bath2 pens · Deltamethrin

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Week 1, 2025
Medicinal bath4 pens · Deltamethrin
Week 50, 2024
Medicinal bath5 pens · Azamethiphos
Week 43, 2024
Other treatment2 pens · Ferskvann og thermolicer, Thermolicer
Week 42, 2024
Other treatment4 pens · Ferskvann og thermolicer
Week 30, 2024
Medicinal feedWhole site · Emamectin benzoat

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

5 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
03 May 2026	Bjorg Pauline	Børøya Slaktemerd	1 h 52 min
02 May 2026	Bjorg Pauline	Børøya Slaktemerd	1 h 56 min
27 Apr 2026	Caspian	Rotvika	1 h 2 min
26 Apr 2026	Caspian	Rotvika	37 min
25 Apr 2026	Caspian	Rotvika	44 min
05 May 2025	Harald Martin	Børøya Slaktemerd	7 h 2 min
02 May 2025	Langsund	Stretarneset	1 h 24 min
02 May 2025	Grotanger	Jennskarbotn	4 h 29 min
01 May 2025	Ro Venture	Sør Gåsvær	3 h 13 min
01 May 2025	Langsund	Stretarneset	2 h 17 min
30 Apr 2025	Steigen	Storvika V	2 h 29 min
30 Apr 2025	Harald Martin	Børøya Slaktemerd	4 h 1 min

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Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
29 Apr 2025	Bjorg Pauline	Børøya Slaktemerd	3 h 36 min
15 Dec 2024	Harald Martin	Dragnes	13 h 1 min
14 Dec 2024	Harald Martin	Dragnes	20 h 50 min
13 Dec 2024	Harald Martin	Dragnes	12 h 31 min
21 Oct 2024	Harald Martin	Brottøy	18 h 11 min
20 Oct 2024	Harald Martin	Brottøy	50 min
19 Oct 2024	Harald Martin	Brottøy	11 h 11 min

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

Licences

Site MAB: 5,340 tonnes

Licence	Type	Capacity	Holder
N H 0001	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	1,014 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS
N H 0004	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	912 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS
N H 0014	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS
N LN 0004	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS
N V 0001	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS
N V 0033	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS
N VR 0001	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Nordlaks Havbruk AS

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