Feb 17, 2018 | Main news, News, Platform
The prestigious jury of the Bank of Åland have chosen the Nutribute platform developed by the John Nurminen Foundation as the best digital Baltic Sea innovation of 2018. In addition, Nutribute came third in the public vote. The nomination was published yesterday at...
Feb 15, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Mussel
On the 9th of February, Katarina Elofsson (SLU) organized and hosted a workshop at the KSLA (Kungliga Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien) in Stockholm. This workshop was organized within the framework of four EU-projects: NutriTrade, Baltic Blue Growth, BALTCOAST and...
Jan 24, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Mussel
One of the mussel farmers contracted by NutriTrade has successfully harvested more than 15 tons of blue mussels in St. Anna archipelago before Christmas. Still, 85 tons of mussels remain to be harvested at the same site. The mussel growth has exceeded expectations...
Jan 22, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Fish
The last fishing season of NutriTrade Pilot Fish will start in early spring 2018. Call for fishermen opens on January 22 and Pilot Fish is hoping to be able to recruit 10-15 fishermen to fish bream and roach in the Finnish coast, focusing especially on the Archipelago...
Nov 27, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
Nutribute participates in Ålandsbanken’s competition for environmental innovation Ålandsbanken is looking for ideas to improve the status of the Baltic Sea, providing funding for the implementation of the best projects. We are delighted that Nutribute has been...
Nov 23, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
The first version of Nutribute crowdfunding platform developed by project NutriTrade has now been launched at www.nutribute.org. Nutribute is aimed at improving the state of the Baltic Sea. It is a site where all organisations and individuals that carry out measures...
Nov 9, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
Professor Markku Ollikainen (University of Helsinki) presented Pilot Gypsum on November 8 in YARA’s Feeding the Future conference. According to him, the pilot has been a success: Spreading of gypsum was completed without problems and the farmers participating in the...
Oct 2, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Fish
Fishing season 2017 has been exceptional due to cold and windy weathers in Finland. As the spring came late, the fishing of bream started in late June whereas in normal years the season starts already in mid-May at the latest. Also the Finnish coastal waters remained...
Sep 15, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
To mark Finland’s centenary, Turun seudun puhdistamo Oy, a water company in the Turku region, has decided to neutralise its phosphorus emissions by supporting projects beyond the scope of its own wastewater treatment plant. It is donating funds which will...
Sep 12, 2017 | Main news, News, Platform
Porvoon vesi – the waterworks utility in Porvoo – is investing in the city’s own wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore, Porvoon vesi offsets its own nutrient discharges by participating in Nutribute and challenges also other water utilities to neutralise their...
