| Summary: | NRDA undertakes a major woods operation -- Southern Labradormen meet at Cartwright -- Newfoundland herring catch too big to handle -- Extension Service sponsors major Fogo Island conference -- Irish moss : a growing resource -- A study of small plant operation -- Seal net fishing along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River -- Good markets for lump fish roe -- World fish catch sets a new record in 1967 -- Scallop fishing in St. Mary’s and Placentia Bays -- Pyrethrum : insecticide for the control of the blowfly infesting light-salted cod fish -- The Straight Shore : an experimental combination fishing boat -- Fogo Island breaks with tradition -- Community schools in Prince Edward Island -- News from the Extension Service -- Teaching art on the West Coast -- Construction and management of small greenhouses -- Change for Newfoundland women -- Conference on quality control -- Ballad of the 20th Century fisherman. 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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