Municipality · Nordland · 1851

Lødingen

8 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 4 companies. The farms are in production area 9 (Vestfjorden og Vesterålen), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 5Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.8%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025170 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
10Sea 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 9.6 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 20,428 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · 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 Lødingen

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Hallvardøy Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Near the limit	0.43	4,680	0
Rinøyvåg Ø Holmøy Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.24	2,608	4
Skarvhausen Ellingsen Seafood AS	Below the limit	0.08	3,120	0
Fornes Nordlaks Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.04	5,340	0
Storøya Nø Holmøy Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.00	1,560	0
Fiskefjorden Holmøy Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	4
Hustadstranda Lødingen Fisk AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Lille Djupfest Holmøy Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	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)	7	0.0%	10	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	6	1.8%	10	0	0	NOK 9.6 m	18
2024	5	1.6%	12	0	0*	NOK 19.6 m	11
2023	2*	0.0%*	0*	0	unknown	NOK 10.4 m	6
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 15.7 m	8
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 3.7 m	2
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 11 m	11
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 1.1 m	0

* 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

Heggedalselva177.7Z
Sneiselvvassdraget177.73Z
Teinvassdraget177.81Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 18 salmon (37 kg).

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