Russia’s Pacific wild salmon season is in full swing, and it is already looking like it will be one for the record books.

The large harvest, which is dominated by pink salmon this year, is likely to put further stress on global markets already facing a glut of wild salmon from the United States, the world's other leading producer of the fish.

As of July 25, the country’s overall wild salmon harvest across all of Russia’s far eastern fishing areas exceeded 246,000 metric tons (542.3