Advances in management of precious corals in the family Corallidae: are new measures adequate?

•A recommended minimum harvest size of 80mm was not adopted.•Corallium rubrum resources above 50m, instead of 80m, are protected but enforcement is inadequate.•Deep C. rubrum resources are being exploited without prior stock assessments.•Inshore Pacific Corallidae are still primarily harvested with dredges.•Pacific Corallidae landings have doubled and are dominated by dead colonies.