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Municipality · Troms · 5536

Lyngen

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

  • unknownFarms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
  • 0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202552 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
  • 12Sea 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 1.3 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 5,400 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 Lyngen

FarmStatus week 39LiceMTBWellboat visits, 30 d
Årøya
Lerøy Aurora Sjø AS
Not reportedunknown5,4000

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

YearFarms reportingAbove limitTreatmentsEscapesDisease casesAquaculture FundWild salmon caught
2026 (to date)10.0%000unknownunknown
202510.0%1200NOK 1.3 m22
202410.0%000*NOK 5.5 m20
20231*0.0%*0*0unknownNOK 1.5 m33
2022unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 4 m21
2021unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 980,67348
2020unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 3.1 m21
2019unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 300,00736

* 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

  • Jægervassdraget203.8Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 22 salmon (77 kg).

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