The bay is used for both subsistence and commercial fisheries and recreation.

Puerto Princesa is the nearest port city, and is accessible by plane.

From 1953 to 1976 the nearby Palawan Quicksilver Mine used mine tailings from their ore extraction processes to produce a jetty at Honda Bay.

[2] The village of Sitio Honda Bay was erected on these mine tailings.

[2] Environmental studies indicate that some residents of the village and elsewhere near the mine have toxic levels of mercury in their blood.