One of the greatest threats to the Cirroctopus hochberg, a benthic octopus that has an estimated 250 to 1,000 mature individuals, is trawling, which damages its habitat.
Cirroctopus hochbergi (common name: four-blotched umbrella octopus) is a cirrate octopus living between 800 and 1,070 meters deep off the coast of New Zealand. 
