Municipality · Troms · 5503

Harstad

12 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 4 companies. The farms are in production area 10 (Andøya til Senja), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 8Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
3.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025470 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
120Sea 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 14.5 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 63,385 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

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None recorded.

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

Farms in Harstad

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Toppsund Ø Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.39	8,000	0
Høgholmen Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.32	6,615	6
Toppsund V Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.22	5,670	0
Oterneset Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.11	8,000	0
Dale Salaks Produksjon AS	Below the limit	0.09	5,500	0
Mollvika Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.04	5,780	1
Kjøtta V Gratanglaks AS	Below the limit	0.00	5,500	0
Skjellesvika Salaks Produksjon AS	Below the limit	0.00	4,700	3
Dypingen Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	2
Elgen Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Vestnes Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	0
Øvergården Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	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)	11	0.0%	19	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	11	3.0%	120	0	0	NOK 14.5 m	unknown
2024	11	4.7%	53	0	0*	NOK 61.8 m	unknown
2023	8*	6.1%*	11*	0	unknown	NOK 21.9 m	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 45.2 m	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 10.6 m	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 32.2 m	unknown
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	3	unknown	unknown	unknown

* 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

No registered salmon rivers with their mouth in the municipality.

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