Municipality · Nordland · 1875

Hamarøy

14 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 4 companies. The farms are in production area 9 (Vestfjorden og Vesterålen), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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2 of 7Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025265 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
20Sea 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 16 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 46,240 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Farms in Hamarøy

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Tjajneluokta Ellingsen Seafood AS	Above the limit	0.85	3,120	0
Josommarset Ellingsen Seafood AS	Above the limit	0.65	3,120	2
Forsåstorvika Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.32	6,240	10
Hulløyhamn Ø Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.31	3,120	0
Risvik Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.31	3,120	3
Salaluokta Ellingsen Seafood AS	Below the limit	0.19	3,120	3
Ørnhaugneset Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.08	3,600	12
Bjørkvik Ellingsen Seafood AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	0
Horsvågen Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,340	0
Innhavet Nordlaks Smolt AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Rahkasluokta Ellingsen Seafood AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Signaluokta Ellingsen Seafood AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Stormneset Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	3
Veggfjell Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	5,500	3

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	2.0%	38	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	10	0.0%	20	0	0	NOK 16 m	31
2024	11	4.6%	46	0	0*	NOK 43.8 m	16
2023	9*	0.0%*	0*	1	unknown	NOK 12 m	12
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 32.9 m	25
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 13.1 m	34
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 22 m	44
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 390,009	19

* 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

Muskenelva171.2Z
Sagpollvassdraget170.3Z
Sagvatnanvassdraget170.Z
Stabburselva og Draugelva (Tysfjord)171.Z
Varpavassdraget170.5Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 31 salmon (63 kg).

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