Municipality · Troms · 5522

Salangen

4 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 3 companies. The farms are in production area 10 (Andøya til Senja), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202548 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
3Sea 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 2.3 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 9,600 tonnes · 1 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 Salangen

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Storvika III Salaks Produksjon AS	Below the limit	0.14	4,500	3
Rotvika Salaks Slakteri AS	Not reported	unknown	600	4
Salangslia Salaks Produksjon AS	Not reported	unknown	4,500	12
Salangsverket Salaks Settefisk AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	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)	2	0.0%	6	1	0	unknown	unknown
2025	2	0.0%	3	0	0	NOK 2.3 m	19
2024	1	8.8%	0	0	0*	NOK 9.7 m	16
2023	1*	0.0%*	0*	0	unknown	NOK 2.7 m	28
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7.1 m	43
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 1.7 m	54
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 5.5 m	61
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 533,346	41

* 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

Løksebotnvassdraget191.4Z
Salangsvassdraget191.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 19 salmon (52 kg).

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