Meanwhile, Morgan has set up a seaside workshop in Devon’s Hope Cove to teach locals and visitors alike about withy pot making. “I see this as heritage that needs to be kept alive,” says Morgan.

"The more they make the better they will become ... in the country may be prepared to pay more from catch from a withy pot than a normal pot." The pots can be made from locally grown material ...

Withy pot-making classified as "critically endangered". As crab fishers began swapping traditional willow fishing pots for modern wire and plastic traps in the last century, the tradition diminished.

but environmentalists said with pressure on crab fisheries there was a place for the old withy pots. John Vercoe is one of those passing on their skills at lobster pot making Ms Longley said ...