Lice Map

This map displays the latest recorded count of adult female lice per fish from FHI. The larger the circle the higher the number of lice at last official count. The farms are colour coded according to which company owns them.

Week Beginning: 21/09/2026
30/110 sites breaching the Code of Good Practice threshold.

Bakkafrost Scotland Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd Kames Fish Farming Ltd Landcatch Natural Selection Ltd Loch Duart Ltd Mowi Scotland Ltd Organic Sea Harvest Ltd Scottish Sea Farms Ltd Wester Ross Fisheries Ltd

Farms with the highest sea lice this week:

  1. Loch Duich Mowi, Highland - 5.05
  2. Bight of Bellister, Dury Voe Scottish Sea Farms, Shetland - 3.38
  3. Loch Laxford Loch Duart, Highland - 1.98
  4. Loch A Chairn Bhain Loch Duart, Highland - 1.86
  5. Shapinsay Scottish Sea Farms, Orkney - 1.81
  6. Wick of Vatsetter Cooke, Shetland - 1.67
  7. Nevis B Scottish Sea Farms, Highland - 1.62
  8. Bow of Hascosay Cooke, Shetland - 1.6
  9. Skelwick Skerry Cooke, Orkney - 1.6
  10. East Moclett Cooke, Orkney - 1.6

Click here to see all the farms currently breaching the Code of Good Practice maximum lice count