| Summary: | Fogo Island Co-Operatives build four longliners -- Regional Development Association formed on the Northwest Coast -- CAPS completes second season -- The future of the fishery : an optimistic view -- the future of the fishery : a less optimistic view -- Construction materials for fishing vessels -- Longliners vs. trawlers -- Women’s Institutes of Canada -- Geographers compile information on Newfoundland -- The Cartwright Courier : an editorial evaluation -- Winter courses for fishermen -- Film on community development. 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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