NOAA lists 20 coral species as threatened under the endangered species act.

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Another good link:
http://rettalbot.wordpress.com/2014/...-under-attack/

This was taken from one of the comments bellow the article.

It likely will only aggravate the cause as now the collectors will be forced into other lines of work which typically in small 2nd and 3rd world island nations will be production of charcoal, lime and cement, farming, fishing, etc all of which will have no stake in preservation and accelerate the decline due to run off and waste as well as overuse and damage by drag nets, motors, etc.