1.   In the shorter term, cyanide fishing also depletes stocks faster than the traditional use of long lines, or even nets.

2.   Reports suggested that rationing had been necessitated by the effects of UN sanctions which had depleted stocks of chemicals required to produce lubricants and refine petrol.

3.   An influx of veterans with a taste for game has depleted wildlife stocks and scared off tourists.

4.   Any widespread loss of the beds will seriously deplete those stocks, McLain said.

5.   Anxious consumers have already depleted the stocks of masks from companies selling survival gear online.

6.   A number of stores had depleted their stocks and were nervously awaiting the arrival of new orders.

7.   Allied said spirits sales at Christmas were below expectations, particularly in the U.S., as excess stocks were depleted.

8.   But Wednesday he said his stocks are nearly depleted, and his children were hungry.

9.   By eating fish meal made from wild fish, farmed fish deplete the stocks of the natural resource, Ms. DeWaal said.

10.   Demand from restaurants has depleted those stocks over the last year, it said.