The Heiltsuk Nation and the Duty to Consult as per R. v. Gladstone

The Heiltsuk Nation has fought for recognition of the full scope of the right to a commercial spawn on kelp fishery that was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in the 1996 case R. V. Gladstone. In 2015 the Heiltsuk Nation has engaged in direct action towards fighting for recognition of this right in reaction to the DFO and the commercial industry's determination to open up the central coast and Heiltsuk waters to the commercial and gillnet kill fisheries. Fighting for their livelihood and right to FSC for their future generations,  the Heiltsuk Nations example of First Nations resistance to an unjustifiable infringement on their right to an FSC and Commercial Communal fisheries, shows the world that you must fight to assert your right even after a SCC victory and that constant vigilance is required. The Heiltsuk,  Ahousat and Haida Nations collectively have demonstrated that the lack of honor of the DFO and the Crown in recognition of  each of the Nation's court victories requires court, direct action and collective First Nations resistance to affirm Aboriginal Fishing rights.