The lobster fishery is an effort-based fishery. So licences are issued and there are trap limitations. The spawn-on-kelp fishery is a quota-based fishery, with a quota per licence. So there was no reduction in the quotas after the decision. Each licence holder before the Supreme Court decision had 16,000 pounds per licence; each licence holder after the decision still had 16,000 pounds per licence.
On February 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.