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Fishing is an important economic activity in the Java Sea. There are over 3,000 species of marine life in the area.

The area around the Java Sea is a popular [[tourist]] destination. [[Scuba diving]] offers a chance to explore and photograph underwater caverns, wrecks, [[coral]], [[sponge]]s, and other marine life. A number of national parks exist in the area. Near [[Jakarta]], inis the [[Thousand Islands (Indonesia)|Thousand Islands]], is [[Ujung Kulon National Park]]. Karimun Java is a national park comprising twenty-seven islands. Menjagan Island, near [[Bali]], is in a secluded national park.

The Java Sea was the site of one of the costliest (to the [[Allies]]) [[Battle of the Java Sea|naval battle]]s of [[World War II]], in February and March of 1942. The naval forces of the [[Netherlands]], [[Britain]], [[Australia]], and the U.S. were nearly completely destroyed trying to defend Java from [[Japan]]ese attack.