Copper Mining and the Global Fishery Sector: Selected Country Cases

This paper examines the impacts of mining in the fishery sector of selected country cases, namely Zambia, Canada, Alaska, Northern Chile and the Philippines. Secondary data were utilized to describe the impacts of mining in the fishery sector of the selected countries, except in the Philippines, wherein primary data were gathered through personal interviews of the fisherfolk in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines. Mining may have positive benefits, particularly in the overall economy of the selected countries, but in the fishery sector, only negative consequences have been found. The study enumerates these benefits and the consequences of mining to the fishery sector of the selected countries, and also gives recommendations to address the general welfare of the global fishery sector.