Municipality · Finnmark · 5620

Nordkapp

8 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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1 of 4Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
2.7%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025148 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
43Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
1Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 12.9 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 36,835 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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21 Sep 2026
LiceVedbotn above the lice limit in week 39 (0.69 vs 0.5)

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

Farms in Nordkapp

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Vedbotn Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Above the limit	0.69	3,600	2
Sarnes Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.04	4,000	0
Jernøya Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.03	5,670	6
Laholmen Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.03	7,095	0
Guvla Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	5,400	0
Storbukt Nordkapp Laks AS	Not reported	unknown	3,600	0
Storvika Cermaq Finnmark Farming AS	Not reported	unknown	1,800	0
Vannfjorden Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	5,670	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)	5	0.9%	13	0	1	unknown	unknown
2025	6	2.7%	43	0	0	NOK 12.9 m	0
2024	5	4.3%	54	0	0*	NOK 28.2 m	0
2023	4*	0.0%*	2*	0	unknown	NOK 7.7 m	0
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 20.6 m	0
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 5.5 m	0
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 17.4 m	0
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6.7 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

Lafjordelva220.8Z
Strandelvvassdraget222.2Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 0 salmon (0 kg).

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