This cleverly designed booklet shows the wealth of life and colour that can be found in New Zealand waters. The 10-stamp sheet makes up a panoramic view of the ocean, and each 45c stamp was cleverly designed to stand alone with its own individual subject. Many of New Zealand's major seafood industry export earners were represented in the design.
Above: - Inside the booklet.
Below: - The cover.
45c - Paua. 45c - Green-Lipped Mussel.
45c - Paua.
Pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (in which there is only one genus, Haliotis), known in the United States and Australia as abalone, and in the United Kingdom as ormer shells. New Zealand's best-known pāua species is Haliotis iris. It is also the most common species, growing up to 18 cm in width. Pāua are commonly found in shallow coastal waters along rocky shorelines in depths of 1 to 10 m.
45c - Green-Lipped Mussel.
The New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus), also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand. This shellfish is economically important to New Zealand. It differs from other mussel species in that it has dark brown/green shells with green lips around the edges, and only has one adductor muscle. It is also one of the largest mussel species, reaching 240 mm in length.
45c - Terakihi. 45c - Cage Reared Salmon.
45c - Terakihi.
The tarakihi, terakihi or jackass morwong, Nemadactylus macropterus, is a morwong of the genus Nemadactylus, found off southern Australia, the Atlantic coast of South America, and New Zealand to depths of about 400 m, on all types of bottoms. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.
45c - Cage Reared Salmon.
Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus Salmo) and Pacific Ocean (genus Oncorhynchus). Many species of salmon have been introduced into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America and Patagonia in South America. Salmon are intensively farmed in many parts of the world.
45c - Southern Blue Fin Tuna / Albacore Tuna / Kahawai.
45c - Crayfish / Rock Lobster.
45c - Southern Blue Fin Tuna / Albacore Tuna / Kahawai.
Arripis trutta, known as kahawai in New Zealand and as the Australian salmon in Australia, is one of four species of marine fish within the Arripis genus, found in cooler waters around the southeastern and southwestern coasts of Australia and the New Zealand coastline. Although it is referred to as a salmon in Australia and its species epithet trutta is the Latin for trout, it is not related to salmons or trouts of the family Salmonidae.
45c - Crayfish / Rock Lobster.
There are two species of crayfish (more correctly crawfish) in New Zealand waters. The commoner is the spiny crayfish (Jasus lalandei) which may be found anywhere along the coastline where conditions are suitable. It lives below tide level in rocky areas, in caverns, in the shelter of seaweed, or at times half buried in sandy gravel.
45c - Snapper. 45c - Groper.
45c - Snapper.
The Australasian snapper or silver seabream, Pagrus auratus, is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are disjunct. Although it is almost universally known in Australian and New Zealand as snapper, it does not belong to the Lutjanidae family of snappers. It is highly prized as an eating fish.
45c - Groper.
In New Zealand, "groper" refers to a type of wreckfish, which goes by the Māori name hāpuku. The hāpuku, hapuka, or whapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios) is of the family Polyprionidae, found around southern Australia, Chile, Tristan da Cunha, and New Zealand at depths between 30 and 800 m. Its length is between 60 and 180 cm, and it can weigh up to 100 kg. It is sometimes described locally as cod, although that properly refers to other fish.
45c - Orange Roughy. 45c - Squid / Hoki / Oreo Dory.
45c - Orange Roughy.
The orange roughy, red roughy, slimehead, or deep sea perch (Hoplostethus atlanticus) is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The UK Marine Conservation Society has categorized orange roughy as "vulnerable to exploitation". It is found in 3 to 9 °C (37 to 48 °F), deep (bathypelagic, 180-to-1,800-metres (590 to 5,910 ft)) waters of the Western Pacific Ocean, eastern Atlantic Ocean (from Iceland to Morocco; and from Walvis Bay, Namibia, to off Durban, South Africa), Indo-Pacific (off New Zealand and Australia), and in the Eastern Pacific off Chile. The orange roughy is notable for its extraordinary lifespan, living for up to 149 years. It is important to commercial deep-trawl fisheries. The fish is a bright, brick-red colour; fading to a yellowish-orange after death.
45c - Squid / Hoki / Oreo Dory.
The blue grenadier, hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, whiptail or whiptail hake, Macruronus novaezelandiae, is a merluccid hake of the family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia and New Zealand at depths of between 10 and 1,000 m (33 and 3,300 ft). It feeds in midwater on small squids, crustaceans, and fish. Its length is between 60 and 120 cm (24 and 47 in). It is a slender, silvery fish similar in appearance to the gemfish. The meat of the fish is white and almost always sold in filets.
45c - Squid / Hoki / Oreo Dory.
The blue grenadier, hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, whiptail or whiptail hake, Macruronus novaezelandiae, is a merluccid hake of the family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia and New Zealand at depths of between 10 and 1,000 m (33 and 3,300 ft). It feeds in midwater on small squids, crustaceans, and fish. Its length is between 60 and 120 cm (24 and 47 in). It is a slender, silvery fish similar in appearance to the gemfish. The meat of the fish is white and almost always sold in filets.
First Day Cover - 1 September 1993.
Technical information
| Date of issue: | 1 September 1993 |
|---|---|
| Designer: | Rick Youmans, Wellington, NZ |
| Printer: | Southern Colour Print, Dunedin |
| Stamp size: | 30mm x 25mm |
| Sheet size: | 10 stamps per booklet |
| Process: | Lithography |
| Perforation gauge: | 14 x 14 |
| Paper type: | Peterborough Paper Convertors, red phosphor coated, unwatermarked |
| Period of sale: | These stamps remained on sale until 1 September 1994. |
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