Sodium sulfite, by far the most popular preservative for salmon and steelhead eggs used as bait by anglers, kills young salmon and steelhead. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has been ...
A recent study by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirms some commercially-available cured fish eggs, a popular salmon and steelhead bait, is harmful to juvenile salmon and steelhead.
Some popular fishing baits cured with sodium sulfite are harmful to juvenile salmon and steelhead, research by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University scientists has ...