Decks Awash, vol. 05, no. 06 (December 1976)

• Other Authors: Sherk, Susan, Butler, Victor, 1896-1981; Butt, Freeman; Finlayson, Chris; Lieb, Randy; Mackay, Mary Alton; Sherk, Susan
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University Extension Service 1976
• Subjects: Fisheries > Newfoundland and Labrador; Rural development > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador > Social life and customs; Newfoundland and Labrador > Social conditions; Newfoundland and Labrador > Periodicals; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_decks/id/7486

Fisheries round-up -- Newfoundland’s fisheries -- Farming round-up -- UIC Regulations changed -- Trappers of Western Lake Melville -- 500 names means a lot -- ERCO : the leopard changed its spots -- Castor River South -- How good are wind chargers? -- Wooden toys : one in the eye of the junk monger -- A toy workshop -- Special section : Bonavista North and The Straight Shore -- Editorial -- Does Uncle Ottawa owe you money? -- Skim off some milk -- Christmas on North Island -- Chronicles of a Bayman -- This month’s winner is -- The last word. "Bonavista North and The Straight Shore" (cover). -- 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.)