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Site 28196 · Narvik municipality · Production area 9, Vestfjorden og Vesterålen

Below the lice limit, week 39Operated by Ballangen Sjøfarm AS

0.06Adult 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 9 weeks with a countCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

3Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Other treatment, 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

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 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	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	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
31	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
32	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.35	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.44	0.5	Near the limit
35	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.19	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.28	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.24	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.06	0.5	Below the limit

Earlier years

20250 of 11 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	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
11	unknown	0.5	Not reported
12	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
13	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
14	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
15	unknown	0.5	Not reported
16	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
17	unknown	0.5	Not reported
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

20240 of 51 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	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.04	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	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
17	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
18	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
19	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
20	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
21	unknown	0.2	Not reported
22	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
23	0.01	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	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.11	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.28	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.34	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.40	0.5	Near the limit
37	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.30	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.34	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.17	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.21	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.29	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.23	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.19	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.10	0.5	Below the limit

20230 of 4 weeks with a count above the limit (data from week 40)

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, 2023
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
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	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.05	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 38, 2026
Other treatment2 pens · FLS + ferskvann
Week 35, 2026
Mechanical delousing2 pens
Week 34, 2026
Mechanical delousing2 pens
Week 42, 2024
Other treatment3 pens · Hydrolicer

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Week 39, 2024
Medicinal bath4 pens · Azamethiphos
Week 30, 2024
Other treatmentWhole site · FLS

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	Ro Sunrise	Pundsvik I	16 h 18 min
22 Aug 2026	Ro Sunrise	Børøya	9 h 30 min
22 Aug 2026	Ro Sunrise	Børøya	5 h 40 min
21 Jul 2026	Veidnes	Pundsvik I	54 min
20 Jul 2026	Veidnes	Pundsvik I	1 h 43 min
20 Jul 2026	Veidnes	Pundsvik I	3 h 8 min
23 Apr 2025	Veidnes	Storskjæret	2 h 44 min
20 Apr 2025	Veidnes	Storskjæret	2 h 40 min
09 Mar 2025	Steigen	Storskjæret	1 h 41 min
08 Mar 2025	Steigen	Storskjæret	2 h 7 min
20 Jan 2025	Veidnes	no other farm	6 h 29 min
12 Jan 2025	Steigen	Storskjæret	1 h 51 min

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Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
06 Jan 2025	Steigen	Storskjæret	2 h 44 min
06 Dec 2024	Steigen	Storskjæret	2 h 39 min
04 Dec 2024	Steigen	Storskjæret	3 h 18 min
03 Nov 2024	Veidnes	Holmen	3 h 46 min
02 Nov 2024	Veidnes	Holmen	3 h 19 min
14 Oct 2024	Steigen	Storskjæret	38 h 48 min
26 Sep 2024	Veidnes	Storskjæret	1 h 34 min
29 Jul 2024	Ronja Silver	no other farm	10 h 43 min
28 Jul 2024	Ronja Silver	no other farm	8 h 21 min

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

Licences

Site MAB: 1,560 tonnes

Licence	Type	Capacity	Holder
N BG 0008	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Ballangen Sjøfarm AS
N BG 0009	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Ballangen Sjøfarm AS
N BG 0010	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	256 t	Ballangen Sjøfarm AS
N N 0009	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	590 t	Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
N N 0010	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	295 t	Ballangen Sjøfarm AS
N Ø 0004	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
N Ø 0018	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
N Ø 0021	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	812 t	Cermaq Norway Salmon AS

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