Municipality · Troms · 5510

Kvæfjord

5 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 companies. The farms are in production area 10 (Andøya til Senja), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 4Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.9%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025109 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
2Sea 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 4.7 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Nordlaks Havbruk AS16,670
Gratanglaks AS1,200

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 17,870 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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

Farms in Kvæfjord

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Hilderkleiva Gratanglaks AS	Below the limit	0.11	1,200	0
Skommesvik Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.11	4,395	3
Haug Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.10	4,280	2
Holandselv Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.07	4,395	3
Bogelva Nordlaks Havbruk 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)	5	0.0%	11	1	0	unknown	unknown
2025	5	0.9%	2	0	0	NOK 4.7 m	52
2024	5	7.1%	25	0	0*	NOK 19.8 m	14
2023	3*	0.0%*	0*	0	unknown	NOK 5.4 m	17
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 14.5 m	65
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 3.6 m	55
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 11.2 m	44
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 1.1 m	16

* 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

Lakselva (Gullesfjord)177.1Z
Langvatnvassdraget178.9Z
Melåa177.2Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 52 salmon (80 kg).

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