Unit Name: | Republic of Fiji Navy |
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Country: | Fiji |
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Command Structure: | Republic of Fiji Military Forces |
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Commander1: | Humphrey Tawake |
Commander1 Label: | Chief officer of the Fijian Navy |
Identification Symbol Label: | Naval Ensign of Fiji |
The Republic of Fiji Navy or Fijian Navy is the naval branch of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. The Fijian Navy was established after Fiji ratified the recently created 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention established that maritime nations had an Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 kilometres, which extended Fiji's waters twentyfold, from 50000sqmi to over 1000000sqmi, necessitating a more substantial naval force to enforce Fijian jurisdiction and protect economic activity in the Fijian EEZ.
Fiji was provided three Pacific Forum patrol vessels, designed and built by Australia, so its Pacific Forum neighbours could police their own sovereignty.
Captain Humphrey Tawake is the current Chief officer of the Fijian Navy.