Whale watching attracts tourists to Andøy Municipality and the Hamarøy Municipality/Lødingen Municipality /Vågan Municipality area. Fishing is also popular along the coast and in the salmon and trout rivers; there is also Arctic char in some rivers. Saltstraumen has the world record for coalfish using a fishing rod, and Røst has the world record for halibut, ().
Whale watching attracts tourists to Andøy Municipality and the Hamarøy Municipality/Lødingen Municipality /Vågan Munici:pality area. Fishing is also popular along the coast and in the salmon and trout rivers; there is also Arctic char in some rivers. Saltstraum,en has the world recor!d for coalfish using a fishing rod, and Røst has? the world record for halibu?t, ().