ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA  

An emblematic Mediterranean species, the bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus has been fished for over 7,000 years. It has come to symbolise the fragility of marine resources, threatened by uncurbed, unsustainable human activities. Bluefin tuna were heavily overfished in the early 1990s. The introduction of fishing quotas from 2008 has helped to reverse the decline. However, the increase in permitted catches for the period 2018-2020 raises the risk of overfishing once more.

• Design: François GUIOL
• Line-engraving: Pierre BARA
• Printing process: 5 colours steel-engraving
• Size of the stamp: 40 x 31,77 mm horizontal
• Quantity of issue: 45 000 stamps
• Sheet of 10 stamps with illuminations