Municipality · Finnmark · 5601

Alta

22 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 5 companies. The farms are in production area 12 (Vest-Finnmark), rated green (2026 assessment).

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0 of 9Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.9%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025439 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
54Sea 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 22 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 71,515 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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EscapeEscape from Mortensnes (1-10 fish)

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

Farms in Alta

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Store Kvalfjord Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.23	3,600	3
Store Lerresfjord Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.09	4,425	4
Davatluft Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.07	5,670	4
Lille Kufjord Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.06	4,500	7
Kråkevik Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.05	4,424	4
Nordnes Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.05	3,480	2
Bergsnes V Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.04	2,700	2
Mortensnes Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.04	5,400	0
Storholmen Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.02	5,400	0
Eidsnes Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	1,800	0
Elva I Årøysundet Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	1,800	0
Hesten Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0
Langnes Langnes Laks AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Lille Kvalfjord Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0
Mårsanjarga Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0

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Pollen Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	1,800	0
Rivarbukt Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	3,480	0
Sommarbukt Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,580	0
Store Kufjord Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	3
Tuvan Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	3,480	0
Ytre Koven Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	5,670	0
Ytre Simanes Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	506	10

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	Escapes	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	15	0.0%	25	2	0	unknown	unknown
2025	13	0.9%	54	0	1	NOK 22 m	2,339
2024	14	13.2%	76	1	1*	NOK 72.4 m	1,117
2023	9*	0.0%*	13*	1	unknown	NOK 22.6 m	1,666
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 51.3 m	2,266
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 15 m	2,002
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 38.9 m	3,038
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	2	unknown	NOK 7.2 m	1,717

* 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

AltaelvaNational salmon river · 212.Z
Bognelva211.8Z
Halselva212.2Z
Lakselva (Kviby)213.1Z
Mathiselva212.4Z
Transfarelva212.7Z
Tverrelva (Alta)212.6Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 2,339 salmon (9,825 kg).

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