Pacific Patrol Boat Program

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacific Patrol Boat Program (PPB) was created by Australia to provide small neighbouring South Pacific nations with a maritime surveillance capability. The major result of this program is the creation and distribution of the Pacific class patrol boat.In 1982 the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea created a 200 nautical miles (370 km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around coastal nations. This dramatically increased the expanse of ocean requiring surveillance, monitoring and policing. Southwest Pacific nations now had to police an area of ocean that was far larger than their landmasses for most countries.