Municipality · Finnmark · 5603

Hammerfest

22 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 5 companies. The farms are in production area 12 (Vest-Finnmark), rated green (2026 assessment).

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0 of 12Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025628 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
114Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
2Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 33.4 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 121,191 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Farms in Hammerfest

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Vinnalandet Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.27	6,180	2
Vegglandet Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.26	5,784	4
Tinnlandet Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.21	5,280	11
Grøtnes N Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.10	5,784	0
Komagnes Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.06	7,560	1
Husfjord Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.05	7,560	2
Hamnefjord Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.03	8,420	3
Iselva Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.03	8,610	0
Nordnesbukta Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.03	6,000	3
Kleppenes N Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.01	5,400	2
Olderfjord Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.01	5,670	0
Kokelv Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,600	2
Borvika Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	6
Danielsvika Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	7,200	3
Jernelva Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0

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Kirkeneset Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0
Kraken Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	5,999	21
Rypefjord Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	1,100	25
Rypefjord Norsea Polarbase AS	Not reported	unknown	5,100	0
Slettnesfjord Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	7,560	0
Stangnes Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	5,784	0
Toknebuktneset Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	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	Escapes	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	16	0.4%	45	2	0	unknown	unknown
2025	19	1.0%	114	2	1	NOK 33.4 m	1,788
2024	18	11.6%	172	1	0*	NOK 120.7 m	1,450
2023	17*	3.1%*	14*	3	unknown	NOK 35.7 m	1,857
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 79.4 m	2,549
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	4	unknown	NOK 23.9 m	2,633
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	6	unknown	NOK 59.8 m	2,116
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6.8 m	2,529

* 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

Kvalsundelva213.6Z
RepparfjordelvaNational salmon river · 213.Z
Russelvvassdraget218.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 1,788 salmon (4,786 kg).

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