Mi'kmaq fishers faced violence and vandalism last month after launching a rights-based lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia.

Osborne Burke said his industry association, which represents about 140 lobster processors and lobster pounds, supports treaty rights but it must be done under the rules set by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

The announcement Saturday is the latest action by RCMP in connection with the violent response to the Mi'kmaq moderate livelihood fishery in Nova Scotia.

Bernadette Jordan said Friday that while the government recognizes the Mi'kmaq treaty right to fish, the scale of the lobster harvest in the bay is exceeding proposals made by Indigenous fishers.

The boat, identified as "The One" by police, was in dry dock and received extensive damage due to the fire. 

Mike Sack was the incumbent in the community of Sipekne'katik, located about 65 kilometres north of Halifax.

'It's a very dangerous line of work and you have people fish next to you who are not your friends.'

Ashton Bernard, 30, of Eskasoni First Nation, says he will rely on the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Donald Marshall Jr. case.

The chief says he expressed his concerns to federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett on Saturday.

As Mi'kmaw fishers continue their moderate-living lobster fishery under the protection of a court injunction, they're struggling to sell their commercial catch.