Municipality · Finnmark · 5614

Loppa

10 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 companies. The farms are in production area 12 (Vest-Finnmark), rated green (2026 assessment).

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0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
4.1%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025267 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
75Sea 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 12.7 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Cermaq Norway Salmon AS23,639
Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS12,600

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 36,239 tonnes · 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 Loppa

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Marøya Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.13	7,560	8
Vassvika Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.03	3,599	1
Auskarnes Ø Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0
Danielsnes Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	0
Geitelva Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	0
Hundbergan Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not counted	unknown	3,480	12
Kjøsen Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	0
Olaneset Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	0
Steinviknes Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	2
Storvik Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	2,700	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	0.6%	11	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	8	4.1%	75	1	0	NOK 12.7 m	8
2024	8	6.5%	11	1	0*	NOK 35.8 m	4
2023	7*	0.0%*	1*	0	unknown	NOK 9.8 m	5
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 26.2 m	4
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 11.4 m	8
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 20.1 m	8
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 1.7 m	14

* 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

Sør-Tverrfjordelva211.32Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 8 salmon (29 kg).

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