Municipality · Nordland · 1848

Steigen

19 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 4 companies. The farms are in production area 9 (Vestfjorden og Vesterålen), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 10Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
1.8%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025388 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
39Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
1Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 16.2 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 52,440 tonnes · 5 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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None recorded.

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

Farms in Steigen

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Kråkåsen Nordnorsk Stamfisk AS	Near the limit	0.45	780	1
Hjartøy Ø Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.28	5,460	4
Svartfjell Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.21	3,600	6
Sandøya Nordnorsk Stamfisk AS	Below the limit	0.13	780	1
Hammer Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.08	3,600	7
Anevik Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.04	5,400	2
Mulen Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.04	3,600	3
Hellarvika Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.02	5,000	2
Martnesvika Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.00	6,000	0
Nordfoldleira I Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,120	3
Bogen Nordnorsk Stamfisk AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Dyping Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Flehammer Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	4,000	0
Forsan Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Holmvåg Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0

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Nygård unknown	Not reported	unknown	unknown	0
Oksøy Cermaq Norway Salmon AS	Not reported	unknown	5,400	0
Storskjæret Cermaq Norway AS	Not reported	unknown	1,800	25
Ånderbakk Cermaq Norway Salmon 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	Escapes	Disease cases	Aquaculture Fund	Wild salmon caught
2026 (to date)	11	3.7%	23	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	12	1.8%	39	1	0	NOK 16.2 m	3
2024	12	10.7%	64	1	0*	NOK 53.1 m	4
2023	9*	12.2%*	4*	1	unknown	NOK 14.7 m	1
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 39.4 m	5
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 14.9 m	6
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 26.9 m	29
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7.5 m	23

* 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

Hopvassdraget (Steigen)168.6Z
Skjelvareidvassdraget169.5Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 3 salmon (5 kg).

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