Municipality · Nordland · 1860

Vestvågøy

10 registered sites for salmon and trout, operated by 2 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
6.5%Of lice counts above the limit, 2025321 counts · Norwegian Food Safety Authority
40Sea lice treatments, 2025Norwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
0Open disease cases nowNorwegian Food Safety Authority · 01 Oct 2026
2Escapes reported, 2025Directorate of Fisheries · 01 Oct 2026
NOK 6.7 mFrom the Aquaculture Fund, 2025Directorate of Fisheries (Aquaculture Fund) · 30 Sep 2026

Capacity per company in the municipality

Isqueen AS10,140
Lofoten Sjøprodukter AS3,420

Sites' maximum allowed biomass (MAB) in tonnes, summed per operator · total 13,560 tonnes · Source: Directorate of Fisheries · updated 01 Oct 2026

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Farms in Vestvågøy

Farm	Status week 39	Lice	MTB	Wellboat visits, 30 d
Oterholmen I Lofoten Sjøprodukter AS	Below the limit	0.34	1,560	0
Kolvikodden Ø Lofoten Sjøprodukter AS	Below the limit	0.22	1,560	0
Æsøya Isqueen AS	Below the limit	0.17	1,560	0
Grænholmen Isqueen AS	Below the limit	0.10	2,340	2
Sandholman Isqueen AS	Below the limit	0.07	780	0
Eidisholman Isqueen AS	Below the limit	0.00	1,560	1
Gamskjæran Isqueen AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Geiterøya I Isqueen AS	Not reported	unknown	1,560	0
Kjeøya N Isqueen AS	Not reported	unknown	780	0
Mortsund Lofoten Sjøprodukter AS	Not reported	unknown	300	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)	8	0.0%	3	0	0	unknown	unknown
2025	8	6.5%	40	2	0	NOK 6.7 m	3
2024	7	0.9%	16	0	0*	NOK 13.7 m	8
2023	6*	0.0%*	7*	0	unknown	NOK 3.5 m	8
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 9.5 m	6
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 4.6 m	10
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 6.4 m	26
2019	unknown	unknown	unknown	0	unknown	NOK 710,017	10

* 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

Borgevassdraget180.6Z
Farstadvassdraget180.4Z
Helosvassdraget med Lyngedalsvassdraget180.11Z

Reported wild salmon catch 2025: 3 salmon (13 kg).

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