Municipality · Finnmark · 5632

Båtsfjord

3 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 companies. The farms are in production area 13 (Øst-Finnmark), rated green (2026 assessment).

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0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202562 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
2Sea 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 7.8 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Salmar Oppdrett AS11,570
Polar Seafood AS0

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 11,570 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · 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 Båtsfjord

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Sandfjordneset Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.05	5,670	1
Veidnes Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.05	5,900	0
Neptunbruket Polar Seafood AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0

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)	2	0.0%	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	2	0.0%	2	0	NOK 7.8 m	857
2024	1	0.0%	0	0*	NOK 11.7 m	288
2023	1*	0.0%*	0*	unknown	NOK 1.6 m	1,088
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4.4 m	1,234
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 1.1 m	315
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 3.4 m	863
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4.2 m	2,012

* 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

Sandfjordelva (Båtsfjord)238.Z
Syltefjordelva237.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 857 salmon (1,838 kg).

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