| Summary: | A policy defined -- Wide-ranging reformation in agriculture -- Reorganization of Division of Agriculture -- Agricultural fieldmen -- Initial saltfish prices for 1971 -- Challenge facing the Saltfish Corporation -- A fine yaffle of fish -- New Atlantic salmon policy -- NFFAW Founding Convention -- Old species put to new use -- Round ‘n about -- La Scie exports Arctic ice to U.S.A. -- Seafish landings down but prices up -- Majority of fishermen agree to lobster ban -- New film promotes marine safety -- Sport fishing a family affair -- Consumer Price Index increases - Consumers beware -- Home industry promoted by Women’s Institute -- Women boosting tourism on New World Island -- Serving the community in a unique way -- Summer arts programs from Eastport to Bay of Islands -- Eastport Peninsula Festival underway -- Youth Orchestra on the road -- Director of Extension heads CADESS -- Extension officer appointed to task force -- News from Extension -- Culling fish : a song. Frequency: irregular, vol. 1 - vol. 2, no. 3 (1968-73); bimonthly, vol. 2, no. 4 - vol. 22, no. 2 (1973-93); not published March-October 1982, May-July 1991. The first publication entitled Decks Awash was a 1964-65 newsletter summarizing the content of the Memorial University Extension Service television program of the same name (1964-77). Between 1968-93 a new Decks Awash journal was published independent of the show, covering topics of interest to both fishermen and rural Newfoundlanders, including fisheries equipment and policy, agricultural development and community profiles. (Catherine F. Horan, "Decks Awash," Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 1, 605.)
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