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The main goal of the Freshwater Competence Centre is to promote the research infrastructure, equipment, and the outstanding Finnish freshwater competence and knowledge both nationally and internationally, in order to make wide-reaching science with concrete impact.

The funding of projects under the Finnish recovery and resilience plan is only possible if the projects comply with the “Do No Significant Harm” principle. The project shall not for example weaken the mitigation of climate change, transition to a circular economy or protection of biodiversity. Report on the application of the DNSH principle is published in English.

The Finnish Environment Institute has in March-April received reports of algae fouling fishing nets under ice on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Fouling has been exceptionally intense this spring in the Sipoo archipelago. The fouling has been caused mainly by filamentous green algae. Fouling of fishing nets has also been observed in Helsinki and Hamina. The growth of green algae has been favoured by the long ice cover season together with the sunny weather. Green algae thrive in cool water.