Red coral (Corallium rubrum) is one of the most appreciate species of Mediterranean corals. It’s been the brilliant red color of their calcareous skeleton that made this species very appreciated for jewelry from antiquity. Now, the species is facing a progressive race to extinction and it’s preserved in some special Marine Reserves where is not allowed to harvest it. Recently, around 150 colonies of red coral illegaly harvested in the Natural Park of Cap de Creus have been decomised, cured and r