Sturgeon are highly sought after for their white, very mild meat. (But
not by me, I don't eat fish.) I give those sturgeon I keep to folks
who really love to eat 'em. I have had sturgeon meat in the fridge for
several days, then opened the container and no odor at all is
noticeable. It is very mild.

The biggest issue with White Sturgeon, as these are, is poaching them
for their eggs - or caviar. There have been a few busts around the
delta of Russian immigrants who poach 'em and sell the eggs on the
black market. There's big money in that.

California has all of 170 or so DFG enforcement agents in the entire
state. We're at a ratio of about 1:12,500 licensed sportsmen (anglers
and hunters) while many other states are at about 1:5000. The schmucks
in Sacramento will waste billions of tax $$ to educate and medicate
illegal aliens, but won't put up the money necessary to defend our
wildlife. Meanwhile, the legal fishermen have their take reduced every
year while poachers know they are unlikely to get caught. It's all
very disheartening.

Dale