| Summary: | Editorial : fish and oil -- Former Placentia Bay man attends Resources of the Sea Conference -- Experts say future of fishery bright -- Fishery myths are challenged -- Direction of research criticized -- Iceland’s 50-mile limit a matter of survival -- Government happy with exploration -- Trinidad’s oil policy million dollar bonanza -- Off-shore exploration : Province told to go slow, don’t take the big risk -- Serious rift over developing off-shore oil -- Fisheries official says freedom of sea no longer valid -- About fish : more Federal nonsense -- And oil : a display of ignorance -- Another insult to fishermen -- History of Canada’s law of the sea position -- Dr. May talks on Canada’s 200-mile fishing limit -- Gus Etchegary talks on Canada’s law of the sea position -- Memorial’s Rick Soulis talks on oil production systems -- Quotable quotes. 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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