The first year of the Mussels for the Baltic Sea project, funded by the Sven-Erik and Lena Holmberg Foundation, has been completed. You can read more about the project in the annual report coming soon.

We are initiating a collaboration with Dansk Tang to conduct cultivation and restoration development of Sea Lace (Chorda filum) and Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) in the Baltic Sea, drawing on their expertise in propagation techniques for these species.

The analysis results in the Baltic Biostimulants project show that our seaweed extracts contain neither microplastics nor heavy metals!

Joel represents the Society for Ecological Restoration's marine restoration group at the marine restoration event in Dublin. The event is held for all European member states and interest groups to assist them in their work on nature restoration plans.

We are delighted to take on the role of consultant to the Government of Åland for the Waterways for Marine Diversity project. More info coming thorughout the years

Thank you, Baltic Sea Fund, for a very enjoyable evening and for the opportunity to combine seaweed and algae from both the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on plates and in glasses for all guests. Congratulations to all the award winners for the good work you do for the Baltic Sea.

The fact that the green algae Ulva sp. would grow so well on our rigs came as a surprise in our project with the Åland Fish Farmers' Association. Within the project, we are testing IMTA farming, or Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture, where nutrients from fish farming are used to cultivate macroalgae and mussels. The project is two years long and has already given us very valuable results from the 10 different locations where we have set up our test rigs.

This year's “Green Beanie” is now represented in four of the ten highest-ranked restaurants in Finland. You can buy them at SALT and Sjöfartsmuseet. Contact us if you would like to know more. Johan.tornqvist@underytan.fi

We are participating in Baltic Sea Solutions 2025 in Stockholm with seaweed on the plates and in the glasses. For all presentations from the day, see link.

Seaweed tea! How does our seaweed taste together with forest tea from Thailand? On September 17th, our collaboration with our friends at Monteaco starts. This fall, a unique product will be on the market. Congratulations.

The first harvest in our project with the fish farmers at Brändö provided an interesting answer. The hemp ropes work.

Our biostimulant project is featured on Swedish Yle.

A few months ago, we were given a very exciting project assignment to build and launch mussel rigs made of natural materials. These rigs will serve as a mussel buffet for eider ducks and their ducklings in the critical stage after hatching, when they are vulnerable to predator attacks. In combination with other protective measures, the aim is to provide the eider ducks and ducklings with food closer to land, where they are better protected. The project is a three-year initiative led by the Archipelago Pares r.f. association.

Premiere. A short film about the work we do for the Baltic Sea. Watch the film here on Youtube.

Björkskär Annual Report 2024. We improve our pilots and achieve even better results. We also launch the first Biocredit project in the Baltic Sea. Download the report here.

Green Beanie - official non-alcoholic drink at ORC. Our drinks met a new audience at the regatta in Mariehamn. International guests from around thirty countries participated.

We create functioning ecosystems. Our prototypes are working! Dives in August show great progress The combination of bladderwrack and mussels attracts seaweed shrimps. The key to new ecosystems.

BioBuz - a unique research project on Björkskär. We are developing a new credit system for biodiversity in the Baltic Sea. Read more here.

Season start up. We have now checked how the harsh ice conditions have affected placement and vegetation this winter. Everything looks good. In the picture you see Joel and some of our prototypes. The temperature was 1.8 degrees Celsius at a depth of two metres. The season on Björkskär has started.

The Baltic Sea is beautiful. We see it every day. The Baltic Sea is magic. Below the surface. We want to share that feeling. Adam interprets the music that a school of herring creates like this. Fiskstimm.mp3

Green Beanie sent to her first Michelin restaurant. Our non-alcoholic meal drink made from Blåstång and Ulva is now available at “Grön” in Helsinki.

Björkskär Annual Report 2023. The journey to increased biodiversity has begun. Read about our first year at Björkskär together with OX2 and Nemo Seafarms. We did a lot!  Download: Björkskär Rapport 23 PDF

We are now also working to put the Baltic Sea on the map within Europe. With Joel now being elected as Vice-Chair of the Marine Restoration Group at the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe, we have the opportunity to work with the Baltic Sea in a broader perspective. We are humbly grateful for this first-hand assignment and we hope for many good synergies to improve and strengthen our common seas and its species.