The Chinese company Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods plans to establish the region's biggest fish farm on Hao atoll after getting the go-ahead from the French Polynesian government.
After saying last year, it would invest $US1.5 billion dollars, the Chinese company downsized its plans this year and now promises to invest five times less, or $US320 million.
Many hope that hundreds of jobs will be created, but the opposition in Tahiti doubts the project will ever get off the ground.
Walter Zweifel reports.
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French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch visits Hao atoll to view progress on the aquaculture project being built by the Chinese company Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods Photo: supplied