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Municipality · Nordland · 1871

Andøy

2 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 companies. The farms are in production area 9 (Vestfjorden og Vesterålen), rated yellow (2026 assessment) and production area 10 (Andøya til Senja), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

  • 0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
  • 0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202548 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
  • 5Sea 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 757,408From 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 13,184 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 Andøy

FarmStatus week 39LiceMTBWellboat visits, 30 d
Svindalen I
Øyfisk AS
Below the limit0.143,1840
Kvalnes
Andfjord Salmon AS
Not reportedunknown10,0000

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

YearFarms reportingAbove limitTreatmentsEscapesDisease casesAquaculture FundWild salmon caught
2026 (to date)10.0%200unknownunknown
202520.0%500NOK 757,4081,168
202416.3%400*NOK 3.2 m1,167
20231*14.3%*2*0unknownNOK 882,982694
2022unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 2.4 m1,345
2021unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 5.1 m1,533
2020unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 1.8 m2,028
2019unknownunknownunknown0unknownunknown977

* 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

  • Bleiksvassdraget186.62Z
  • Buksnesvassdraget178.7Z
  • Forfjordelva178.63Z
  • Gårdselvvassdraget178.6Z
  • Kobbedalselva186.3Z
  • Melavassdraget186.51Z
  • Nøssvassdraget186.42Z
  • Ramsåa186.1Z
  • RoksdalsvassdragetNational salmon river · 186.2Z
  • Skogvollvassdraget186.53Z
  • Stavevassdraget186.61Z
  • Steinsvassdraget186.52Z
  • Storelva (Lovik)178.74Z
  • Toftenvassdraget186.63Z
  • Åseelva186.22Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 1,168 salmon (2,264 kg).

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