Municipality · Troms · 5546

Kvænangen

7 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 1 company. The farms are in production area 11 (Kvaløya til Loppa), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 7Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.3%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025237 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
54Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
1Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 6.5 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Mowi Seawater Norway AS27,000

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 27,000 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Atom feed

None recorded.

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

Farms in Kvænangen

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Hjellberget Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Near the limit	0.41	5,400	2
Rakkenes Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.26	5,400	2
Nøklan Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.22	1,800	1
Kviteberg Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.21	3,600	2
Fjellbukt Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.15	5,400	2
Svartberget Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.03	2,700	0
Karvika Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	2,700	2

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)	7	0.0%	22	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	7	1.3%	54	1	0	NOK 6.5 m	336
2024	6	13.5%	39	1	0*	NOK 27.8 m	234
2023	6*	0.0%*	6*	1	unknown	NOK 7.6 m	378
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 20.4 m	337
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 8.8 m	319
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 15.7 m	420
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 1.4 m	399

* 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

Badderelva209.8Z
Burfjordelva210.Z
KvænangselvaNational salmon river · 209.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 336 salmon (1,028 kg).

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