Municipality · Nordland · 1845

Sørfold

11 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 5 companies. The farms are in production area 9 (Vestfjorden og Vesterålen), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 6Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
3.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025165 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
18Sea 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 5.9 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 26,600 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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09 Sep 2026
DiseaseISA suspected at Sørfjorden Stamfiskanlegg

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

Farms in Sørfold

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Reinvika Mowi ASA	Below the limit	0.33	1,560	2
Matvika Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.17	5,460	10
Movik Mowi ASA	Below the limit	0.13	1,560	0
Kines Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.07	3,900	6
Nedre Kvarv Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.04	5,400	3
Kalvik Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Below the limit	0.00	5,460	10
Elvkroken Mowi ASA	Not reported	unknown	300	0
Jektvika I Mowi Seawater Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Mastermovika II Nordlaks Smolt AS	Not reported	unknown	1,000	0
Sørfjorden Stamfiskanlegg Salten Stamfisk AS	Not reported	unknown	400	0
Trollbukta Sisomar 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	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	6	0.5%	22	1	unknown	unknown
2025	6	3.0%	18	0	NOK 5.9 m	65
2024	7	8.1%	53	1*	NOK 25.2 m	70
2023	5*	0.0%*	4*	unknown	NOK 9.7 m	56
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 17.9 m	73
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 4.4 m	53
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 13.7 m	72
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	NOK 1.3 m	102

* 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

Bonnåga167.3Z
Kobbelvvassdraget167.Z
Lakselva (Valljorda)166.3Z
Laksåga (Nordfjorden)166.5Z
Mørsvikelva168.5Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 65 salmon (158 kg).

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