Fish on UK postage stamps

The Guardian reports, 5th June 2014: “Royal Mail marks World Environment Day by launching its first ever set of special stamps on threatened fish species to promote sustainable fishing in British waters. The 10-stamp set highlights the beauty of marine fish and encourages people to eat sustainable fish.

New Royal Mail stamps

A common skate, Dipturus batis, is nearly extinct from the Mediterranean and is occasionally found in the Irish Sea, Bristol Channel and central North Sea. Its range is now effectively limited to north west Scotland and the Celtic Sea.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

A spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, once abundant in the seas is now a threatened species. It's on Greenpeace red list of sea food sourced from unsustainable sources. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

A spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, once abundant in the seas is now a threatened species. It’s on Greenpeace red list of sea food sourced from unsustainable sources.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

The wolffish, Anarhichas lupus, is declining drastically. Bottom-trawling vessels are destroying its habitat by scraping the seafloor. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

The wolffish, Anarhichas lupus, is declining drastically. Bottom-trawling vessels are destroying its habitat by scraping the seafloor.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

A Sturgeon. Habitat destruction, overfishing, and pollution could push it to the brink of extinction. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

A Sturgeon. Habitat destruction, overfishing, and pollution could push it to the brink of extinction.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

A conger eel. Blocked migration routes, pollution and over-exploitation remains a threat to the stocks. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

A conger eel. Blocked migration routes, pollution and over-exploitation remains a threat to the stocks.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

Red gurnard, Chelidonichthys cuculus, is widely distributed around the coasts of Britain. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

Red gurnard, Chelidonichthys cuculus, is widely distributed around the coasts of Britain.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

Pouting, Trisopterus luscus, is a member of the cod family and relatively abundant. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

Pouting, Trisopterus luscus, is a member of the cod family and relatively abundant.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

Herring has been a staple food since ancient times and is also often used as a bait by fisheries. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

Herring has been a staple food since ancient times and is also often used as a bait by fisheries.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

Cornish sardine, another standard staple sea food. Consumed widely, dried, salted or smoked, or used as bait or fish meal, and also oil. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

Cornish sardine, another standard staple sea food. Consumed widely, dried, salted or smoked, or used as bait or fish meal, and also oil.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

 

A dab or common dab, Limanda limanda, is an edible flatfish found in abundance. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA

A dab or common dab, Limanda limanda, is an edible flatfish found in abundance.
Photograph: Royal Mail/PA


 

Note: The Marine Conservation Society provides a “Guide to Sustainable Seafood”. For details, see www.fishonline.org

Source: The Guardian, 5th June 2014. For the full text, see: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/jun/05/royal-mail-sustainable-fish-special-stamps-in-pictures

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