Decks Awash, vol. 05, no. 01 (February 1976)

• Other Authors: Sherk, Susan, Butler, Victor, 1896-1981; Fosnaes, Tor A.
• 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/7677

Saltfish Corporation has biggest year -- Housing -- Special section : mining -- Editorial -- Resettlement -- Backpacking on the Buchans Plateau -- Community action for Flat Bay -- Tanning skins. "Mining" (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.)