Store Kvalfjord

Site 10281 · Alta municipality · Production area 12, Vest-Finnmark

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

0.23Adult 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 39 weeks with a countCalculated by the Salmon Ledger · Norwegian Food Safety Authority · updated 01 Oct 2026

1Lice treatments in 2026Latest: Mechanical delousing, week 36, 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

10Wellboat visits in 2026by 5 different vessels · latest 08 Sep 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

Show as table

Adult female lice per fish per week, 2026
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
1	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
2	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
7	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
8	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
9	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
10	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
11	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
12	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
13	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
14	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
15	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
16	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
17	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
18	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
19	0.01	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	0.01	0.2	Below the limit
24	0.01	0.2	Below the limit
25	0.03	0.2	Below the limit
26	0.01	0.2	Below the limit
27	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.07	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.21	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.27	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.11	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.23	0.5	Below the limit

Earlier years

20250 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

Show as table

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	0.5	Not reported
17	unknown	0.5	Not reported
18	unknown	0.5	Not reported
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	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	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
30	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
31	0.00	0.5	Below the limit
32	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
33	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
34	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
35	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
36	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
37	0.03	0.5	Below the limit
38	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
39	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
40	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.01	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.11	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.02	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.04	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.06	0.5	Below the limit

20240 of 22 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

Show as table

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	0.11	0.5	Below the limit
3	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
4	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
5	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
6	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
7	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
8	0.10	0.5	Below the limit
9	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
10	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
11	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
12	0.14	0.5	Below the limit
13	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
14	0.16	0.5	Below the limit
15	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
16	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
17	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
18	0.16	0.5	Below the limit
19	unknown	0.5	Reported without a count
20	0.18	0.5	Below the limit
21	0.16	0.2	Below the limit
22	0.10	0.2	Below the limit
23	0.12	0.2	Below the limit
24	0.12	0.2	Below the limit
25	0.09	0.2	Below the limit
26	0.16	0.2	Below the limit
27	0.16	0.5	Below the limit
28	0.09	0.5	Below the limit
29	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
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

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

Show as table

Adult female lice per fish per week, 2023
Week	Adult female lice per fish	Lice limit	Status
40	0.38	0.5	Below the limit
41	0.12	0.5	Below the limit
42	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
43	0.05	0.5	Below the limit
44	0.06	0.5	Below the limit
45	0.15	0.5	Below the limit
46	0.13	0.5	Below the limit
47	0.08	0.5	Below the limit
48	0.27	0.5	Below the limit
49	0.23	0.5	Below the limit
50	0.28	0.5	Below the limit
51	0.26	0.5	Below the limit
52	0.38	0.5	Below the limit

Treatments

Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Week 36, 2026
Mechanical delousing5 pens
Week 42, 2025
Medicinal feed1 pen · Emamectin benzoat
Week 36, 2025
Medicinal feed6 pens · Emamectin benzoat
Week 1, 2024
Other treatment8 pens · Thermolicer

Show all 6

Week 43, 2023
Other treatment6 pens · Optiflush
Week 41, 2023
Other treatment6 pens · Hydrolicer

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

10 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
08 Sep 2026	Ronja Spirit	Klubben	3 h 6 min
04 Sep 2026	Ro Venture	Skognes	43 h 15 min
26 Aug 2026	Aasvaerfjord	Klubben	2 h 33 min
02 Jul 2026	Ro Sailor	Lille Kufjord	4 h 16 min
27 May 2026	Ro Fjell	Store Kufjord	16 h 8 min
27 May 2026	Ro Fjell	Store Kufjord	1 h 42 min
26 May 2026	Ro Fjell	Store Kufjord	5 h 23 min
26 May 2026	Ro Fjell	Store Kufjord	1 h 54 min
26 May 2026	Ro Fjell	Store Kufjord	1 h 22 min
26 May 2026	Ro Fjell	Klubben	2 h 14 min
27 May 2025	Ronja Vita	Purkholmen	41 min
03 May 2025	Ronja Vita	Larstangen	4 h 44 min

Show 10 older visits

Arrival	Vessel	Previous farm (14 days)	Duration
04 Aug 2024	Ro Vision	Klubben	1 h 46 min
01 Aug 2024	Ro Vision	Skaret	2 h 17 min
28 Jul 2024	Ro Vision	Skaret	2 h 0 min
25 Jul 2024	Aasvaerfjord	Klubben	3 h 18 min
23 Jul 2024	Aasvaerfjord	Klubben	3 h 30 min
21 Jul 2024	Aasvaerfjord	Klubben	3 h 40 min
18 Jul 2024	Aasvaerfjord	Klubben	6 h 0 min
16 Jul 2024	Aasvaerfjord	Store Kufjord disease or zone there	5 h 29 min
14 Jul 2024	Aasvaerfjord	Store Kufjord disease or zone there	3 h 2 min
02 Jan 2024	Ro Arctic	no other farm	34 h 35 min

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

Licences

Site MAB: 3,600 tonnes

Licence	Type	Capacity	Holder
F A 0004	Kommersiell / matfisk-grønn konvertertSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	984 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
F A 0045	Kommersiell / matfisk-grønn konvertertSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	984 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
F A 0056	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	1,494 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
F A 0057	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	984 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
F A 0068	Visning / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	780 t	Salmar Farming AS
F LB 0013	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	984 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS
F LB 0014	Kommersiell / matfiskSalmon, Rainbow trout, Trout	984 t	Salmar Oppdrett AS

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