Saltkjelen I

Site 12973 · Kvam municipality · Production area 3, Karmøy til Sotra

Near the lice limit, week 39Operated by Lingalaks AS · group unknown

0.40Adult female lice per fishLimit 0.50 · near the limitWeek 39, 2026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

0Weeks above the limit in 2026of 39 weeks with a countCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

5Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Freshwater treatment, week 30, 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

9Wellboat visits in 2026by 4 different vessels · latest 25 Jul 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	0.23	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.23	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.43	0.5	Near the limit
6	0.36	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.46	0.5	Near the limit
8	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.09	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.07	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.09	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.06	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.11	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.15	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
25	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
27	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.40	0.5	Near the limit

Earlier years

20250 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	0.18	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.27	0.5	Below the limit
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	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.15	0.5	Below the limit

20240 of 52 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	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.17	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.21	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.03	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.02	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.04	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
25	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
27	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.29	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.19	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.12	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	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.16	0.5	Below the limit

20230 of 13 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	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	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.05	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 30, 2026
Thermal delousing, Freshwater treatmentWhole site
Week 27, 2026
Thermal delousingWhole site
Week 22, 2026
Thermal delousingWhole site
Week 9, 2026
Freshwater treatment, Thermal delousing4 pens

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Week 8, 2026
Thermal delousing, Freshwater treatment8 pens
Week 46, 2024
Freshwater treatment, Mechanical delousingWhole site
Week 34, 2024
Thermal delousing, Mechanical delousingWhole site
Week 30, 2024
Mechanical delousing, Thermal delousingWhole site
Week 26, 2024
Thermal delousingWhole site
Week 22, 2024
Thermal delousingWhole site
Week 13, 2024
Thermal delousing, Freshwater treatmentWhole site

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

9 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
25 Jul 2026	Horda Pioneer	Kysnes	13 h 45 min
25 Jul 2026	Seihav	Sagen 2	17 h 51 min
25 Jul 2026	Horda Pioneer	Kysnes	1 h 39 min
24 Jul 2026	Seihav	Sagen 2	17 h 13 min
23 Jul 2026	Seihav	Sagen 2	12 h 59 min
26 May 2026	Froy Jarl	Svåsandneset	47 h 35 min
23 Feb 2026	Seigrunn	Sagen 2	2 h 58 min
23 Feb 2026	Seigrunn	Sagen 2	8 h 15 min
22 Feb 2026	Seigrunn	Sagen 2	15 h 37 min
23 Oct 2025	Seifjell	Dysvik	2 h 21 min
22 Oct 2025	Seifjell	Dysvik	1 h 41 min
26 Sep 2025	Seifjell	Ljonesbjørgene	5 h 56 min

Show 13 older visits

Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
19 Sep 2025	Seifjell	Laukelandsøyna	1 h 15 min
22 Dec 2024	Namsos	Toska S	3 h 24 min
15 Nov 2024	Namsos	Sagen 2	16 h 44 min
14 Nov 2024	Namsos	Sagen 2	12 h 34 min
13 Nov 2024	Namsos	Sagen 2	5 h 3 min
11 Nov 2024	Namsos	Sagen 2	22 h 26 min
09 Nov 2024	Namsos	Porsvika	3 h 0 min
04 Sep 2024	Namsos	no other farm	1 h 16 min
03 Sep 2024	Namsos	no other farm	38 min
01 Jun 2024	Ro Venture	Grytøyraholmen disease or zone there	14 h 42 min
31 May 2024	Ro Venture	Grytøyraholmen disease or zone there	7 h 28 min
26 Mar 2024	Horda Pioneer	Ljonesbjørgene	14 h 47 min
25 Mar 2024	Horda Pioneer	Ljonesbjørgene	14 h 27 min

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

Licences

Site MAB: 3,120 tonnes

Licence	Type	Capacity	Holder
H B 0008	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	780 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0001	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0004	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0005	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0018	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	875 t	Lingalaks AS
H KM 0024	Visning / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	500 t	Lingalaks AS
R K 0007	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	780 t	Lingalaks AS

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