Alain Jorion is well known as both a fisherman and a hunter having also claimed the ‘grand slam’ of hunting, publishing Grand Slam Hunting in 1994. He won the coveted New Zealand Big Game Fishing Council’s ‘Old Man and the Sea’ trophy (donated by filmmaker Warner Brothers) twice, and in 2001–02 was ‘Fisherman of the Year’ as well as a finalist for the Eastland region for Sportsman of the Year. He lives in Gisborne and is active as a board member on the New Zealand Recreational Fishing Council, campaigning on issues such as better access for recreational anglers to salt-water fishing, and on inequities in the regulations related to the rock lobster quota.