'iisaak' in Nuu-chah-nulth language means 'respect' 

'Hishuk-ish ts'awalk' is a Nuu-chah-nulth belief of respecting the limits of what is extracted and the interconnectedness of all things.

A man who mistreats fish by not using the whole fish, comes back as a dogfish after he passes from this life. A dogfish has a life span of only four years. It is all about iisaak.  - Arnold Frank -

Hand carved in yellow cedar, man is depicted with salmon teeth as the spirit of the dog fish. The carving has been stained in a charcoal stain, and relief carving is accented with red paint and abalone shell.