The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that treaties from the 1760s guaranteed the Mi'kmaq the rights to fish, hunt and log year round. The ruling sparked controversy as Mi'kmaq of the Burnt Church First Nation began to fish lobster out of season and angry non-Aboriginal fishermen destroyed lobster traps and other equipment, sunk a boat and carried out an armed blockade of Yarmouth Harbour, N.S. The conflict ended when an agreement was reached for the Mi’kmaq to fish for subsistence only.