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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 370926, member: 2844&quot;]It is officially listed as endangered. It is not on the CITES list, but it is included in the international Bern Convention (nature conservation, legally binding), and it is on the EU Habitats Directive. All major Med red countries are members of the EU.</p><p>Italy still exploits some coral reefs, but with only a fraction of the harvest of say the 70s. Which is why even Italy has started to recycle old jewellery (not necessarily antique).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think Joan has anything to worry about, though. The Eu Directive is strictly about protecting the environment, not about old an antique coral. Unlike ivory there is no poaching.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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