Municipality · Nordland · 1866

Hadsel

18 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 6 companies. The farms are in production area 9 (Vestfjorden og Vesterålen), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 4Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.7%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025302 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
31Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
1Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 18.3 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 55,800 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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

Farms in Hadsel

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Ytre Hadseløya Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.05	10,000	0
Langholmen N Holmøy Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.04	4,680	0
Hoholmen Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.00	5,000	2
Korsnes Ellingsen Seafood AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,900	1
Brottøy Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Bullatholmen Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Børøya Slaktemerd Nordlaks Produkter AS	Not reported	unknown	1,200	37
Dragnes Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	2
Finnkjerka Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	5,460	0
Fiskefjord I Sigerfjord Fisk AS	Not reported	unknown	600	0
Grøttøy Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Helgeneshamn Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	2,340	0
Langneset Sigerfjord Fisk AS	Not reported	unknown	780	0
Lilleelv Sigerfjord Fisk AS	Not reported	unknown	780	0
Sandnes Ø Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0

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Steilo Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	0
Stretarneset Holmøy Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Sørvika Nordlaks Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	2,340	2

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)	10	0.0%	8	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	10	1.7%	31	1	2	NOK 18.3 m	0
2024	12	1.7%	26	0	0*	NOK 51.1 m	0
2023	12*	1.4%*	21*	2	unknown	NOK 14 m	0
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 37.3 m	0
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 9.2 m	1
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 24.8 m	1
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	3	unknown	NOK 7.8 m	0

* 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

Grunnførfjordelva179.73Z
Gryttingvassdraget185.3Z
Kaljordvassdraget178.3Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 0 salmon (0 kg).

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