Editing Coral (section)

===Aquaculture===
{{main|Aquaculture of coral}}
[[Aquaculture of coral|Coral aquaculture]], also known as ''coral farming'' or ''coral gardening'', is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration. Aquaculture is showing promise as a potentially effective tool for restoring [[coral reef]]s, which have been declining around the world.<ref name="Horoszowski-Fridman">{{cite journal |vauthors=Horoszowski-Fridman YB, Izhaki I, Rinkevich B| year=2011 |title=Engineering of coral reef larval supply through transplantation of nursery-farmed gravid colonies |journal=Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology |volume=399 |issue=2| pages=162–66 |doi=10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.005| bibcode=2011JEMBE.399..162H }}</ref><ref name="Pomeroy">{{cite journal |last1=Pomeroy |first1=Robert S. |last2=Parks |first2=John E. |last3=Balboa |first3=Cristina M. |year=2006 |title=Farming the reef: Is aquaculture a solution for reducing fishing pressure on coral reefs? |journal=Marine Policy |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=111–30 |doi=10.1016/j.marpol.2004.09.001|bibcode=2006MarPo..30..111P }}</ref><ref name="Rinkevich">{{cite journal|author=Rinkevich B |year=2008 |title=Management of coral reefs: We have gone wrong when neglecting active reef restoration |url=http://www.ocean.org.il/Eng/_documents/Management-of-coral-reefs.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523175241/http://www.ocean.org.il/Eng/_documents/Management-of-coral-reefs.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-05-23 |journal=Marine Pollution Bulletin |volume=56 |issue=11 |pages=1821–24 |doi=10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.08.014 |pmid=18829052 |bibcode=2008MarPB..56.1821R }}</ref> The process bypasses the early growth stages of corals when they are most at risk of dying. Coral fragments known as "seeds" are grown in nurseries then replanted on the reef.<ref name="Ferse">{{cite journal |last1=Ferse |first1=Sebastian C.A. |year=2010|title=Poor Performance of Corals Transplanted onto Substrates of Short Durability |journal=Restoration Ecology |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=399–407 |doi=10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00682.x|bibcode=2010ResEc..18..399F |s2cid=83723761 }}</ref> Coral is farmed by coral farmers who live locally to the reefs and farm for reef [[Conservation movement|conservation]] or for income. It is also farmed by scientists for research, by businesses for the supply of the live and ornamental coral trade and by private [[aquarium]] hobbyists.