Municipality · Trøndelag · 5052

Leka

6 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 3 companies. The farms are in production area 7 (Nord-Trøndelag med Bindal), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 6Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.1%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025188 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
71Sea 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 7.9 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 33,360 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

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14 Sep 2026
LiceLekafjorden II above the lice limit in week 38 (1.49 vs 0.5)

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

Farms in Leka

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Lekafjorden II Emilsen Havbruk AS	Near the limit	0.42	4,680	0
Skrosen Salmar Oppdrett AS	Near the limit	0.42	4,680	3
Jakobsteinsvika Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.26	7,020	0
Kvingra Salmar Oppdrett AS	Below the limit	0.23	4,500	5
Slokkholmen Ø Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.14	5,460	3
Steinflesa Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.06	7,020	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)	6	1.7%	31	1	0	unknown	unknown
2025	6	1.1%	71	0	0	NOK 7.9 m	unknown
2024	6	3.8%	47	0	0*	NOK 32.4 m	unknown
2023	4*	0.0%*	5*	0	unknown	NOK 14.3 m	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 23.7 m	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 10.3 m	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 16.4 m	unknown
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 4 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