Municipality · Trøndelag · 5056

Hitra

24 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 6 companies. The farms are in production area 6 (Nordmøre og Sør-Trøndelag), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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1 of 15Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
6.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025683 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
247Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
1Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
4Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 29.7 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 102,950 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Farms in Hitra

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Edøya Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Above the limit	2.41	3,900	0
Edøya II Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Near the limit	0.45	3,120	0
Hallarvik AS Knutshaugfisk	Near the limit	0.45	2,340	2
Værøya Ø Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.23	4,680	10
Ringholmen Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.19	7,020	5
Korshamn Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.17	6,240	0
Lille Torsøy Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.10	7,020	0
Singsholmen Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.10	7,020	10
Fugløya Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.07	6,240	4
Varden Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.06	7,020	5
Heggvika Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.01	4,680	10
Korsholman Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,120	0
Kåholmen Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,900	3
Reitholmen Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.00	5,460	0
Svellungen Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,120	1

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Badstuvika Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	5,460	1
Flesa AS Knutshaugfisk	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Ilsøya Ø AS Knutshaugfisk	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Laksåvatnet Laksåvik Måsøval Laksåvika AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Omsøyholman Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	6,240	0
Rauodden AS Knutshaugfisk	Not reported	unknown	2,340	0
Storskogøya Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	6,240	0
Ulvan Måsøval Harvest AS	Not reported	unknown	1,550	7
Ulværholmen Lerøy Midt Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	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)	19	1.5%	152	2	6	unknown	unknown
2025	20	6.0%	247	4	0	NOK 29.7 m	0
2024	17	3.8%	95	5	1*	NOK 98.7 m	0
2023	14*	0.6%*	17*	1	unknown	NOK 27 m	0
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 72.8 m	0
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 21 m	0
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 57.6 m	0
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	2	unknown	NOK 9.8 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

Grytelva (Hitra)117.4Z
Kvernavassdraget117.23Z
Lakselva (Fillan)117.1Z
Sagelva (Laugen)117.3Z

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

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