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: 24/08/2026
23/131 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. East Moclett Cooke, Orkney - 2.2
  2. Loch Duich Mowi, Highland - 2.15
  3. Skelwick Skerry Cooke, Orkney - 1.9
  4. Scalpay Mowi, Highland - 1.55
  5. Bay of Cleat (North) Cooke, Orkney - 1.41
  6. Meall Mhor Loch Fyne Bakkafrost, Argyll and Bute - 1.38
  7. Shapinsay Scottish Sea Farms, Orkney - 1.28
  8. Bow of Hascosay Cooke, Shetland - 1.15
  9. Scallastle Scottish Sea Farms, Argyll and Bute - 1.08
  10. Shuna Castle Kames, Argyll and Bute - 1

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