Editing Palau (section)

===Maritime law enforcement===
[[File:Palau Maritime Police vessel.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Euatel]]'', ''[[Kabekl M’tal|Kabekl M'tal]]'' and ''[[PPS Bul|Bul]]'' provide littoral fishery protection.<ref name=IslandTimes2017-04-25/>]]

Palau's [[Law enforcement in Palau|Division of Marine Law Enforcement]] patrols the nation's {{convert|230000|sqmi|km2|order=flip|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[exclusive economic zone]]. They operate two long-range patrol boats, the ''[[Kedam]]'' and the ''[[PSS Remeliik II|Remeliik II]]'', to hunt for poachers and unlicensed fishermen.<ref name=PacificNote2017-12-22/><ref name=PalauPresident2017-05-08/><ref name=PostGuam2016-03-03/> Smaller boats are used for littoral operations.<ref name=IslandTimes2017-04-25/> They are based on Koror.<ref>{{Citation
 | url = https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/magazine/palau-vs-the-poachers.html
 | last = Urbina
 | first = Ian
 | title = Palau vs the Poachers
 | newspaper = [[The New York Times Magazine]]
 | pages = 40–49
 | date = 21 February 2016
 | quote = Nearly {{convert|9000|mi|km|disp=sqbr}} away, the Remeliik, a police patrol ship from the tiny island nation Palau, was pursuing a 10-man Taiwanese pirate ship, the Shin Jyi Chyuu 33, through Palauan waters.
 | access-date = 23 April 2018
 | archive-date = 20 April 2018
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180420122937/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/magazine/palau-vs-the-poachers.html
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>