Municipality · Nordland · 1841

Fauske

3 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 1 company. The farms are in production area 8 (Helgeland til Bodø), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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unknownFarms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202584 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
0Sea 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 2 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Wenberg Fiskeoppdrett AS8,596

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 8,596 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 Fauske

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB
Hundholmen Wenberg Fiskeoppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560
Leivsethamran Wenberg Fiskeoppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	4,836
Skysselvika V Wenberg Fiskeoppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	2,200

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
2025	3	0.0%	0	1	NOK 2 m	16
2024	3	0.0%	1	0*	NOK 8.7 m	15
2023	2*	0.0%*	0*	unknown	NOK 2.4 m	0
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 6.4 m	20
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4 m	25
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4.9 m	23
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 382,231	9

* 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

Lakselva (Valnesfjord)164.3Z
Sulitjelmavassdraget med Laksåga164.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 16 salmon (6 kg).

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