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Municipality · Nordland · 1868

Øksnes

13 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 6 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
  • 0.4%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025264 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
  • 22Sea 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 6.2 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 27,439 tonnes · 2 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 Øksnes

FarmStatus week 39LiceMTBWellboat visits, 30 d
Juvågen
Øyfisk AS
Near the limit0.452,3406
Gisløy S
Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
Below the limit0.103,6000
Sjåneset
Øyfisk AS
Below the limit0.103,1206
Langøyhovden
Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
Below the limit0.043,1204
Gisløy Nø
Øyfisk AS
Below the limit0.002,3402
Alsvåg
Alsvåg Lakseslakteri AS
Not reportedunknown4398
Børøya
Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
Not reportedunknown3,1207
Dypeidet
Cermaq Norway Salmon AS
Not reportedunknown2,3400
Elvenesstrand
Elvenesstrand Smolt AS
Not reportedunknownunknown0
Høydalsvika
Øyfisk AS
Not reportedunknown3,1200
Lønskog
Øyfisk AS
Not reportedunknown1,5603
Nyksund
Elvenesstrand Eiendom AS
Not reportedunknownunknown0
Sandan Sø
Holmøy Havbruk AS
Not reportedunknown2,3400

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)80.0%1000unknownunknown
202580.4%2200NOK 6.2 m0
202485.3%2720*NOK 26.5 m2
20236*5.7%*7*0unknownNOK 7.7 m43
2022unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 20.6 m19
2021unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 5.5 m142
2020unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 17.6 m146
2019unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 1.7 m68

* 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

  • Alsvågvassdraget185.1Z
  • Tuvenelva185.9Z

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

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