Municipality · Nordland · 1812

Sømna

3 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 1 company. The farms are in production area 7 (Nord-Trøndelag med Bindal), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

Follow Sømna

0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
3.8%Of lice counts above the limit, 202552 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
14Sea 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 1.8 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Mowi Seawater Norway AS10,620

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 10,620 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

Latest events

Atom feed

None recorded.

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

Farms in Sømna

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Olderbakken Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,120	1
Sandskjæret Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,600	3
Laksvika Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	3,900	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	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	2	0.0%	2	0	unknown	unknown
2025	1	3.8%	14	0	NOK 1.8 m	unknown
2024	2	0.0%	3	0*	NOK 7.6 m	unknown
2023	2*	0.0%*	9*	unknown	NOK 2.1 m	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 6 m	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 6.5 m	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4.6 m	unknown
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 424,677	unknown

* 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

No registered salmon rivers with their mouth in the municipality.

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