1.   The Asian financial crisis, which has spread to Russia and Latin America, decimated stocks in other parts of the world.

2.   This is especially true for the fledging technology firms whose stocks have been decimated.

3.   Canadian officials have accused Spanish fishing boats of decimating turbot stocks, the last commercially viable groundfish on the once-bountiful fishing grounds.

4.   Ottawa accuses Spanish fishing boats of decimating turbot stocks, the last commercially viable groundfish on the once-bountiful fishing grounds.

5.   Salmon stocks were decimated by dams, slashed by logging, shriveled by poisonous runoff from cities and farms, mills and mines.

6.   Traditional Indian coastal fishermen, fighting to prevent foreign trawlers from decimating fish stocks, have won support from eight other countries, their representative said Friday.

7.   Commenting on the resumption of seal hunting in Canada and Norway, Bardot refuted claims that seals were decimating fish stocks.