PSS Kedam is a 40-metre (130 ft) patrol boat , donated by the Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Peace Foundation to Palau , to help it patrol its exclusive economic zone .
5-466: The vessel arrived on 22 December 2017, to join the slightly smaller 31.5-metre (103 ft) PSS Remeliik , donated by Australia in 1996. The vessel cost US$ 30 million. The donors also constructed a berth to moor and maintain the vessel, and committed to cover the vessel's fuel and maintenance costs until 2027. Fleet-mate Remeliik was replaced in 2020 by the 39.5-metre (130 ft) Guardian-class patrol boat , PSS Remeliik II . Kedam
10-453: A vessel authorities described as the mother ship for a squadron of smaller poaching vessels. They found the mother ship using an "aggregation device" and holding 30 tons of illicitly caught fish in her holds. The mother ship had no fishing license, and had kept no catch log. In March 2018 Remeliik intercepted a Filipino fishing vessel engaged in poaching. Normally poachers are set free after confiscating their catch, but, in this case,
15-593: The nation patrol its exclusive economic zone . In 1982, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea increased all nations' exclusive economic zones (EEZs) to 200 kilometres (120 mi). After the agreement Pacific Forum meetings triggered Australia to design a class of small patrol boats to give to twelve small nations, including Palau, that were suddenly dwarfed by their EEZs. Remeliik
20-609: Was commissioned on 13 February 2018. Dignitaries attending included President Thomas Remengesau Jr. , Vice President and Minister of Justice Raynold Oilouch and Mitsuyuki Unno Executive Director of the Nippon Foundation. Kedam is staffed by a crew of 15. The vessel is named after the "Great Frigate Bird of Palau". PSS Remeliik PSS Remeliik is a Pacific Forum-class patrol boat , designed and built in Australia , and donated to Palau , to help
25-518: Was designed for a lifetime of 20 years, and Australia was scheduled to replace it with a Guardian-class patrol boat in 2019. Remeliik II is expected to be handed over in June 2020. In February 2016 The New York Times Magazine published an account of Remeliik 's pursuit and boarding of Shin Jyi Chyuu , what the article called a " Taiwanese pirate ship." In December Remeliik seized
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