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Site 12884 · Molde municipality · Production area 5, Stadt til Hustadvika

Near the lice limit, week 39Operated by Salmar Farming AS · group SalMar

Broodstock site: the limit may differ from the general one.

0.46Adult female lice per fishLimit 0.50 · near the limitWeek 39, 2026 · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

10Weeks above the limit in 2026of 36 weeks with a count · broodstock: limit may differCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

1Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Mechanical delousing, week 4, 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

3Wellboat visits in 2026by 2 different vessels · latest 20 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. Broodstock site: the limit may differ from the general one.

2026

Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority, weekly lice counts reported by the companies · Limit: Regulation on sea lice control § 8 · Updated 01 Oct 2026Broodstock site: the limit may differ from the general one.

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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	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.29	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.30	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.25	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.28	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.36	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.37	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.32	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.32	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.34	0.2	Above the limit
17	0.27	0.2	Above the limit
18	0.19	0.2	Near the limit
19	0.22	0.2	Above the limit
20	0.13	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.26	0.2	Above the limit
22	0.39	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.36	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.45	0.5	Near the limit
25	0.36	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.41	0.5	Near the limit
27	0.31	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.29	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.24	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.42	0.5	Near the limit
32	0.66	0.5	Above the limit
33	0.94	0.5	Above the limit
34	0.95	0.5	Above the limit
35	0.74	0.5	Above the limit
36	0.93	0.5	Above the limit
37	0.89	0.5	Above the limit
38	0.48	0.5	Near the limit
39	0.46	0.5	Near the limit

Earlier years

20252 of 34 weeks with a count above the limit

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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	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.05	0.2	Below the limit
17	0.10	0.2	Below the limit
18	0.08	0.2	Below the limit
19	0.00	0.2	Below the limit
20	0.15	0.2	Below the limit
21	0.18	0.2	Near the limit
22	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
23	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
24	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
25	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
26	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
27	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.40	0.5	Near the limit
31	0.25	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.90	0.5	Above the limit
33	0.47	0.5	Near the limit
34	0.33	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.35	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.55	0.5	Above the limit
37	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.30	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.30	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.40	0.5	Near the limit
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

202412 of 27 weeks with a count above the limit

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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	0.50	0.5	Above the limit
3	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
4	1.50	0.5	Above the limit
5	0.17	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
7	unknown	0.5	Not reported
8	0.60	0.5	Above the limit
9	unknown	0.5	Not reported
10	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
11	unknown	0.5	Not reported
12	0.35	0.5	Below the limit
13	unknown	0.5	Not reported
14	0.35	0.5	Below the limit
15	unknown	0.5	Not reported
16	0.35	0.2	Above the limit
17	unknown	0.2	Not reported
18	0.27	0.2	Above the limit
19	unknown	0.2	Not reported
20	0.20	0.2	Above the limit
21	unknown	0.2	Not reported
22	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
23	unknown	0.5	Not reported
24	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
25	unknown	0.5	Not reported
26	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
27	unknown	0.5	Not reported
28	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
29	unknown	0.5	Not reported
30	0.52	0.5	Above the limit
31	unknown	0.5	Not reported
32	0.90	0.5	Above the limit
33	unknown	0.5	Not reported
34	0.85	0.5	Above the limit
35	unknown	0.5	Not reported
36	1.65	0.5	Above the limit
37	0.95	0.5	Above the limit
38	0.80	0.5	Above the limit
39	unknown	0.5	Not reported
40	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
41	unknown	0.5	Not reported
42	0.25	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.35	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.40	0.5	Near the limit
45	0.40	0.5	Near the limit
46	0.35	0.5	Below the limit
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

20230 of 7 weeks with a count above the limit (data from week 40)

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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	unknown	0.5	Not reported
42	0.20	0.5	Below the limit
43	unknown	0.5	Not reported
44	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
45	unknown	0.5	Not reported
46	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
47	unknown	0.5	Not reported
48	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
49	unknown	0.5	Not reported
50	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
51	unknown	0.5	Not reported
52	0.15	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 4, 2026
Mechanical delousingWhole site
Week 33, 2025
Other treatment1 pen · Busch vakumpumpe
Week 17, 2025
Other treatment2 pens · Busch vakumpumpe
Week 8, 2025
Medicinal bathWhole site · Azamethiphos

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Week 37, 2024
Other treatment1 pen · Busch vakumpumpe
Week 24, 2024
Other treatment2 pens · Busch vakumpumpe
Week 5, 2024
Medicinal bath1 pen · Azamethiphos

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

3 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
20 Aug 2026	Ro Vision	Hallarvik	2 h 27 min
20 Jan 2026	Ro Fortune	Lybergsvika	1 h 59 min
20 Jan 2026	Ro Fortune	Lybergsvika	3 h 7 min
22 Feb 2025	Neptun	Andholmen 1	2 h 18 min
19 Feb 2025	Ro Senja	Gjerset V	1 h 0 min
23 Nov 2024	Ro Vision	Farmannsøya	42 min
23 Jun 2024	Rohav	Rindarøy	2 h 8 min
29 Jan 2024	Ro Vision	Kattholmen II	1 h 14 min
29 Jan 2024	Ro Vision	Kattholmen II	1 h 42 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
M RA 0017	Kommersiell / stamfiskSalmon	780 t	Salmar Farming AS
M RA 0018	Kommersiell / stamfiskSalmon	780 t	Salmar Farming AS

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