Municipality · Møre og Romsdal · 1508

Ålesund

3 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 3 companies. The farms are in production area 5 (Stadt til Hustadvika), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.6%Of lice counts above the limit, 202564 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
9Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 1.2 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 6,871 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

Atom feed

None recorded.

Food Safety Authority, Directorate of Fisheries, Coastal Administration (AIS) · the same events as in the alerts

Farms in Ålesund

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB
Gudmundset Prophylaxia AS	Below the limit	0.10	3,120
Holmskallen Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600
Tueneset Stiftelsen Atlanterhavsparken - Norges Nasjonale Akvarium	Not reported	unknown	151

Lice: adult female lice per fish, Week 39, 2026 (▲ above, ◆ near, ● below the limit, ○ unknown) · Food Safety Authority · Wellboat visits: 30 days to 12 Sep 2026, Coastal Administration (AIS) · MAB: allowed biomass in tonnes, Directorate of Fisheries

By year

Year	Farms reporting	Above limit	Treatments	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	1	0.0%	5	0	unknown	unknown
2025	2	1.6%	9	1	NOK 1.2 m	147
2024	2	2.9%	7	0*	NOK 5.2 m	104
2023	1*	0.0%*	2*	unknown	unknown	117
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	352
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	94
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	265
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	102

* Partial year: lice counts from the Food Safety Authority from week 40 of 2023; disease register from 26 Nov 2024 (older cases only if still open then). The Aquaculture Fund publishes yearly around October–December. Wild salmon: reported catch in rivers with their mouth in the municipality (Statistics Norway). Unknown = no data, not zero.

Salmon rivers

Brusdalsvassdraget101.5Z
Solnørelva101.2Z
Vagsvikelva100.3Z
Ørskogelva101.1Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 147 salmon (310 kg).

Norwegian Environment Agency, Directorate of Fisheries · catch: Statistics Norway