Some licences are held by individuals, some by first nations bands, and some in joint ownership. One of the problems is we say “owned or controlled by”; most of those licences on the B.C. coast are controlled.
That's why there's only one cannery in British Columbia. It's because the licences are all controlled by Jim Pattison. For example, a friend of mine fishes for Aero Trading on a quota fishery. He has to go to Jim Pattison and guarantee his first quota to Jim Pattison to get a second or third or fourth quota. He fishes for a company that can't provide him with another quota, so therefore he is only able to fish one quota, even though he's a very good fisherman and in the fishery he could catch 10 quotas. He can't catch those 10 quotas because he will have to sell his own first quota to Canadian Fish at a lower price to be able to lease other quotas.