The Saugeen Ojibway band is the only aboriginal
community in Canada that has a commercial fishing right
recognized by a court of law as constitutionally protected
under Section 35(1). :

Note: The government has no plans to appeal the Jones

decision.

What the government says —

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says aboriginal
people can sell fish if they have a negotiated sales
agreement. (Approximately 25 bands in B.C. have one of
these agreements, as part of the three AFS pilot projects
on the sale of fish caught by aboriginal people.)

Any sale of fish not covered by a negotiated sales

agreement, or by commercial licence agreement, is illegal.

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