According to the OctoNation website, the Maori octopus eats large crabs, rock lobster, abalone, mussels, scallops, fish, and other octopi. Credit: Jules Casey via Storyful. More for You.

But the lucrative market for the octopus - like most of our native fish and shellfish - lies across the Channel in continental Europe. The UK-EU deal is another mixed blessing for the South West.

And the octopus would respond by swimming over and looking for food there," Schnell said. "Maybe she preferred me as a hunting partner," the biologist says in the video clip from the series.

Diners can build their own bag, picking from several types of crabs, shrimp, clams, mussels, crawfish and other add-ons, available by the half- or full-pound, or choose from pre-built combos.