Feb 28, 2019 | Main news, News
The NutriTrade project has come to an end, but the new ideas and water protection measures will continue to develop and expand in the Baltic Sea Region and in several collaborations the project has initiated. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the...
Nov 19, 2018 | Main news, News, Platform
Early in 2018 The Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association (Pidä Saaristo Siistinä ry) was seeking support for a new pump-out station via Nutribute platform. We are happy to inform that the pump-out station was presented last week in Hanko, and in the future it will be...
Oct 17, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
The large-scale field pilots carried out under the project NutriTrade in the river Savijoki catchment area proved gypsum application of fields to be one of the most promising methods to reduce phosphorus leakage from agriculture to local rivers and the Baltic Sea....
Oct 15, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Fish
ELO Foundation’s Flying Saucer Food Culture Prize was awarded this year to two pioneers in the Finnish food culture: Local Fishing Project (Lähikalahanke) of the John Nurminen Foundation, and Ravintola Nolla (“Restaurant Zero”). Ravintola Nolla is the first real...
Oct 12, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Fish
On a sunny October day, a delegation of the John Nurminen Foundation travelled to the beautiful town of Uusikaupunki to meet the fishermen of Pilot Fish. Almost all the fishermen from the Archipelago Sea area were present at the get-together, as well as a...
Sep 6, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
Within the framework of NutriTrade, Kalmar municipality has successfully harvested more than 13 tons of blue mussels over the summer. Still, more mussels remain to be harvested. The harvested mussels have been ground and composted together with straw to be used as a...
Aug 27, 2018 | Main news, News, Platform
The NutriTrade projet participated at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management annual Forum May 16-17 in Gothenburg. It is a big event in Sweden with a number of participants from different groups with interest in water and marine issues (e.g. government...
Aug 23, 2018 | Main news, News, Pilot Fish
The exceptionally hot and sunny spring and summer resulted in good cyprinid catches for the 15 fishermen in Pilot Fish. The total catch was almost 200 000 kg bream and roach, which nicely supports also the growing demand of consumer products made of this fish....
Jun 28, 2018 | Main news, News, Platform
Water utility company Porvoon vesi will invest in two nutrient reduction projects to compensate for its discharges to the Gulf of Finland. The company will finance gypsum treatment covering a total of 70 hectares of agricultural land with the objective of improving...
Jun 28, 2018 | Main news, News, Platform
There are two new campaigns now live at the Nutribute platform! In Siverlahti, the local water protection association SSHY ry will remove nutrients from the sea by harvesting of reed and collection of other aquatic plants. This will improve the water quality as well...