Municipality · Finnmark · 5624

Lebesby

6 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 3 companies. The farms are in production area 12 (Vest-Finnmark), rated green (2026 assessment).

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0 of 4Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025131 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
11Sea 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 9.9 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 28,020 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · 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 Lebesby

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB
Kvitelv Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.04	4,725
Øyra Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.01	8,300
Bondejorda Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.00	4,000
Hovdenakken Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.00	6,000
Adamselv Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	4,995
Friarfjorden Lerøy Aurora AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown

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)	4	0.0%	7	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	4	0.0%	11	0	0	NOK 9.9 m	330
2024	4	0.0%	5	1	0*	NOK 20.9 m	393
2023	4*	0.0%*	8*	0	unknown	NOK 10.4 m	344
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 14.3 m	452
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 6.2 m	298
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 11.4 m	553
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 5.5 m	1,060

* 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

Lille Porsangerelva227.5Z
Storelva (Lebesby)228.Z
Tømmervikvassdraget227.2Z
Veidneselva227.6Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 330 salmon (826 kg).

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