Remeliik is a Pacific Forum patrol boat, designed and built in Australia, and donated to Palau, to help it patrol its Exclusive Economic Zone.
The Law of the Sea agreements 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 was designed for a lifetime of 20 years, and Australia is scheduled to replace it with a Guardian-class patrol boat in 2019.
In February 2016 The New York Times Magazine published an account of Remeliiks pursuit and boarding of what the article called a "Taiwanese pirate ship, the Shin Jyi Chyuu".
In December 2016 Remeliik seized a vessel authorities described as the mother ship for a squadron of smaller poaching vessels. They found her using an "aggregation device" and holding 30 tons of illicitly caught fish in her holds. She had no fishing license, and had kept no catch log.
In March 2018 Remeliik intercepted a Filipino fishing vessel engaged in poaching. Normally she lets the poachers go after confiscating their catch, but, in this case, the poacher suffered engine failure, and her crew had to be rescued.
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