Tigers, elephants, coconuts and vending machines all kill more people each year than sharks do. Yet the shark is still seen as one of nature's most terrifying predators.

Joe chats to Rob Stewart, director of ground-breaking documentary 'Sharkwater' a film which is aiming to show the world the truth about sharks and the threat they are under from finning - a fishing practise in which sharks are pulled from the water and their fins removed before their carcasses are thrown back in the water.

On his own journey to find out more about the true nature of sharks, Joe also speaks to Neil Clutterbuck, aquarist diver at the London Aquarium and Richard Pierce, chairman of UK-based conservation charity Shark Trust.

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About 'Sharkwater'

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth.

Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.

Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.

Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.

Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

'Sharkwater' is showing in cinemas in London and across the UK from 22^nd February. It will be released on DVD on 19th May 2008, priced at £12.99 and will be available in all good retailers. For more information visit... www.sharkwater.com

Why not go and see some sharks for yourself? www.londonaquarium.co.uk

To find out more about the work of the Shark Trust and how you can help sharks visit... www.sharktrust.org