Municipality · Finnmark · 5636

Unjárga - Nesseby

4 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 companies. The farms are in production area 13 (Øst-Finnmark), rated green (2026 assessment).

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0 of 2Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202568 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
0Sea 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 2.5 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Lerøy Aurora Sjø AS10,560
Nesseby Smolt AS0

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 10,560 tonnes · 1 sites without a stated capacity · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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

Farms in Unjárga - Nesseby

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB
Lausklubben Lerøy Aurora Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.01	3,600
Åpenvik Lerøy Aurora Sjø AS	Below the limit	0.00	3,480
Gandvik Nesseby Smolt AS	Not reported	unknown	unknown
Latvika Lerøy Aurora Sjø AS	Not reported	unknown	3,480

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%	2	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	2	0.0%	0	0	0	NOK 2.5 m	279
2024	2	0.0%	0	0	0*	NOK 10.7 m	215
2023	1*	0.0%*	0*	0	unknown	NOK 2.9 m	124
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 7.8 m	349
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 1.9 m	402
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6 m	1,021
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	1	unknown	NOK 586,681	798

* 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

Bergebyelva241.Z
Nyelva242.2Z
Vesterelva241.5Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 279 salmon (703 kg).

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