What's happening in your world?

[maulkin]

was a little spooky to hear about the British Election, because freakily we had a really similar situation here in the Tasmanian state election a couple of months ago.

Well, we now appear to have a government of sorts. The two posh boys have stitched things up between them. People are already calling it the Con-Dem government (one news heading read "Con-Dem Nation") and a sense of impending doom hangs over the country.

ps what's new with Irish shellfish?

According to a representative of the Worshipful Guild of Fishmongers, Shellfish make up a third of the UK's fishing catch by weight and almost half by value but over 76% of this is exported. Instead of eating our own shellfish, we import tropical shellfish from thousands of miles away. Shellfisheries in the Irish Sea are very productive but we know very little about them so it is difficult to know whether they are being managed sustainably. So, I have been hired to do some population genetics work. I may even get to go out on some fishing boats!