| Summary: | Fisheries roundup -- Herring utilized for food -- Agricultural scene -- Markets open for Newfoundland berries -- Youth & summer ’72 -- And speaking of youth -- A new industry for an old town -- Women at work -- Crafts in Newfoundland -- Summer action in the arts -- Assistance available for nursery schools -- Summer training for foreign students -- Newfoundland’s first music camp -- Extension’s Director heads Royal Commission -- Businessmen attend seminar -- Extension designs bookkeeping course -- Extension embarks on new program -- Courses & conferences. 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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