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Municipality · Nordland · 1840

Saltdal

3 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 3 companies. The farms are in production area 8 (Helgeland til Bodø), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

  • 0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
  • 0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202565 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
  • 0Sea 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 7.2 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 9,119 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Farms in Saltdal

FarmStatus week 39LiceMTBWellboat visits, 30 d
Daumannsvika
Salten Stamfisk AS
Below the limit0.015,9990
Øksengård
Edelfarm AS
Below the limit0.003,1200
Steppan
Salten Smolt AS
Not reportedunknownunknown0

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)20.0%001unknownunknown
202520.0%000NOK 7.2 m6
202420.0%800*NOK 8.1 m5
20231*0.0%*0*0unknownNOK 2.2 m6
2022unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 5.9 m87
2021unknownunknownunknown0unknownNOK 1.4 m76
2020unknownunknownunknown1unknownNOK 4.5 m151
2019unknownunknownunknown1unknownNOK 3.3 m99

* 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

  • Saltdalsvassdraget163.Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 6 salmon (18 kg).

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