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Fishing fanatic Will Millard explores the controversial world of shark fishing in Wales.

After posting a photograph of a huge thresher shark on social media, Will receives a backlash from his followers and quickly realises that he has hit upon a very divisive subject. After such an unexpected reaction online, he decides to delve deeper and explore what it is really like to catch the ultimate underwater predator.

Milford Haven is fast becoming the shark fishing capital of Europe. Hoping to discover what has attracted so many anglers to this craze, Will joins a group of novices on a boat heading out into the Celtic Deep on the hunt for the blue shark.

But shark fishing isn’t purely a sport. He joins a group of conservationists and marine biologists who are working with local fishing communities to try and get to the bottom of the mystery of a lost Welsh species.

These anglers care deeply for the oceans and its creatures, and believe that encouraging people to interact with the natural world, through outdoor activities such as fishing, is key to the protection of vulnerable species. Will joins them on a trip off the coast of Anglesey, where a ‘shark tagger’ works with the fishermen to monitor the sharks.

Will must make up his own mind about the merits of this type of fishing, but there is no doubt the Welsh coasts are abundant with unexpected marine life and large numbers of sharks, and this is something to be cherished.