Alex Salmond presented a cheque for £2,500 to Royal National Mission for Deep Sea Fishermen superintendents George Shaw (l) and Murray Campbell (2nd l) on behalf of Seafood Scotland and the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, at a herring lunch in Peterhead on 7th August. The lunch was a celebration of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) North Sea herring stock achieving MSC accreditation.

Also in the picture is David Linkie (r), whose photographs of fishing vessels were largely used earlier this year on the Seafood Scotland Responsible Sourcing website and the SPSG website. David kindly donated all his work and the cheque was presented in recognition of this.

When handing over the cheque, Mr Salmond spoke of the important work the Mission carries out in fishing communities around the UK, and said it was particularly pertinent following the recent tragic deaths of three crewmen in a fishing boat fire in Fraserburgh the previous week.