Municipality · Møre og Romsdal · 1520

Ørsta

8 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 7 companies. The farms are in production area 5 (Stadt til Hustadvika), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
3.8%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025106 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 8.2 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 15,600 tonnes · 3 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

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None recorded.

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

Farms in Ørsta

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Slettvika Måsøval Lisens AS	Near the limit	0.41	4,680	0
Sagelva Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.08	6,240	12
Barstadvik Aquagen AS	Not reported	unknown	780	0
Bjørndal Måsøval Lisens AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	0
Standal Y Mowi ASA	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Storelva Måsøval Vartdal AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Urke Måsøval Urke AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Vartdal Ode AS	Not reported	unknown	780	21

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	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	2	0.0%	17	0	unknown	unknown
2025	3	3.8%	22	0	NOK 8.2 m	284
2024	3	1.0%	18	0*	NOK 13.4 m	170
2023	3*	0.0%*	4*	unknown	NOK 3.3 m	432
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 8.9 m	1,387
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 2.2 m	282
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 6.8 m	1,109
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 666,683	621

* 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

Barstadvikelva095.4Z
Bondalselva097.1Z
Norangdalselva097.4Z
Standalselva (Indre Standal)097.11Z
Storelva (Nordre Vartdal)095.41Z
ØrstaelvaNational salmon river · 095.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 284 salmon (1,071 kg).

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