White globules in salmon meat

[Rustle]

I've often noticed a few small white globules (about 4 or 5 mm in diameter) in the meat of the salmon I'm filleting. Often they are near the tail and especially in sockeye. They don't seem to have anything in them except some cloudy fluid.
Recently one fish had 40 or 50 of them all clustered together at the tail end.
What the heck are these things anyway? Anybody know for sure?

[Roe Bags]

Cancer

Thats Mr. Bags to you

[Roe Bags]

Cancer

Thats Mr. Bags to you

[Alexievich]

OK I'll bite, or at least mouth the bait. If its cancer, besides being grosse to look at is it dangerous for consumption?

... I guess that fish smoked too much

Cheers,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

[Alexievich]

OK I'll bite, or at least mouth the bait. If its cancer, besides being grosse to look at is it dangerous for consumption?

... I guess that fish smoked too much

Cheers,
Alex

... "high water" is when you can fish from your car.

[Roe Bags]

Very dangerous, the fish in question should not be consumed. These cancer's have been showing up in a small percent of pacific salmon in the last few years.

Thats Mr. Bags to you

[Roe Bags]

Very dangerous, the fish in question should not be consumed. These cancer's have been showing up in a small percent of pacific salmon in the last few years.

Thats Mr. Bags to you

[Rustle]

I guess my description skills are lacking today. These things are about the size and consistancy of salmon eggs, with similar stuff inside, except they are white. They are not a mass of cells like a tumor.

[Rustle]

I guess my description skills are lacking today. These things are about the size and consistancy of salmon eggs, with similar stuff inside, except they are white. They are not a mass of cells like a tumor.

[Steely]

I heard through the Bamfield Ocean research that
"The spots are salt deposits in mostly older Sockeye holding in the inlet . "Nothing new to see them thou"~~~~ They look bad but not lethal when cooked.!!!<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> any body Known different ??????