There are two parts to the question. The first part is on how first nations first acquired licences, when licence limitations were put into place. There were a number of programs enacted to ensure and support first nations involvement, so at the beginning licences were first allocated in a limited way.
As the licence limitation has been stabilizing, we have a set number of licences. Further reallocations within any particular fishery are through a willing buyer and seller. That's what is done by the Pacific integrated commercial fisheries program. It asks the market who would like to retire their licence. Someone identifies it, there's an exchange, and that access is reallocated to a first nation.