The plant, whose location was not disclosed, will provide employment for 30,000 Chinese, said Norwegian fisheries newspaper Fiskeribladet.

The report cited the head of the Russian Federation Council’s committee for agriculture and fisheries policy, Genady Gorbunov.

”Eighty-five percent of our fisheries take place in eastern Russia,” Gorbunov said, adding that he has learned the Chinese company planning the new super factory has control over almost half of the Russia’s pollock harvest.

"I happen to know that the same company has received $700 million (€477.6