Municipality · Nordland · 1815

Vega

2 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 1 company. The farms are in production area 8 (Helgeland til Bodø), rated yellow (2026 assessment).

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0 of 1Farms above the lice limit, week 39Norwegian Food Safety Authority · Week 39, 2026
0.0%Of lice counts above the limit, 202587 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
10Sea 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 1.8 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Nova Sea Havbruk AS7,620

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 7,620 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 Vega

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Igerøy Ø Nova Sea Havbruk AS	Below the limit	0.00	4,500	4
Skogsholmen Nova Sea Havbruk AS	Not reported	unknown	3,120	9

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%	10	1	0	NOK 1.8 m	1
2024	1	0.0%	0	0	0*	NOK 10.9 m	0
2023	1*	0.0%*	2*	0	unknown	NOK 3 m	0
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 9.1 m	0
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6.7 m	0
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6.1 m	0
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 3.1 m	0

* 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

Færsetvassdraget147.3Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 1 salmon (1 kg).

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