[Marine_Uncle]

" Save the Coral...so we can save people...ooops then you'd endanger the coral."
I am quite busy on a number of Iraqi/Iranian postings, but after a quick read, as usual there is a two edged sword.
A quick thought. Years back I maintained Marine Aquariums as a hobby. And in so doing, visited some early on weg sites. One was a site was sponsored by a company the breeds many form of coral, literally back then many dozens of species. They had perfected methods of cutting pieces off of originals and reproducing large numbers for sale. There could be ways of obtaining a number of this species and bredding them for use by researchers.

[S0122017]

I read something about using electricity to speed up coral growth. They found (and are already applying) low electricity fields around coral, which seems to speed up the growth a lot compared to unaided coral. It may have something to do with calcium deposition.

[Chanticleer]

coral farming?