Municipality · Troms · 5514

Ibestad

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

Follow Ibestad

0 of 6Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
5.2%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025289 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
31Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
1Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
3Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 10.7 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 45,170 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

Atom feed

None recorded.

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

Farms in Ibestad

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Svartskjær Northern Lights Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.21	5,400	0
Bjørnstein Kleiva Fiskefarm AS	Below the limit	0.16	6,500	5
Jekteberget Kleiva Fiskefarm AS	Below the limit	0.16	3,600	0
Gregusvika Kleiva Fiskefarm AS	Below the limit	0.15	5,400	0
Enkeltstein Northern Lights Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.05	5,900	2
Ånderkleiva Kleiva Fiskefarm AS	Below the limit	0.00	6,500	0
Breivoll Breivoll Marine Produkter AS	Not reported	unknown	700	4
Kasteberget Kleiva Fiskefarm AS	Not reported	unknown	5,500	5
Mjøsund Vest Salmar Oppdrett AS	Not reported	unknown	5,670	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)	8	0.4%	7	0	1	unknown	unknown
2025	8	5.2%	31	3	0	NOK 10.7 m	unknown
2024	8	5.9%	30	0	0*	NOK 45.7 m	unknown
2023	7*	2.0%*	14*	2	unknown	NOK 12.5 m	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	3	unknown	NOK 33.5 m	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 13.2 m	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 22.2 m	unknown
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 2.2 m	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