Yesterday, near Whangaparaoa. 3 keepers, small around 32cm. All firm flesh.

Another thought, and yet again posibly naive after Pcj's post. Could the fact the weather and therefore the water has been so warm for so long that the fish are nooking themselves silly over and over while not feeding properly.

I think your right Kevin out on the firth this afternoon for an hour 5 snapper all in good condition and no white fillets

Never seen a milky fish off my local. its close by a marine reserve that's probably why theres heaps of mussels, kinas and scollies.

All OK up Tutukaka way.

Don't understand why this syndrome/condiion/disease is not understood, given the importance of the snapper fishery.  Has it ever been seen before?

Ive read in the Herald, from a survey of commercial fishers  ..."80% of respondents reported having to change where they fish or their fishing methods within the past 2 years, due to the presence of silt, forestry slash and debris...."

Still getting Millie’s Whangarei and they were my two biggest snaps too which made me feel guilty. Since it’s winter and snapper won’t be spawning in winter and we still get Milkies it won’t be that. And the food source is the same it’s always been around here if not better starving is doubtful I’m think a suggestion on here is the high amount of fresh water might be worth looking into. I haven’t caught Milkies hardly over 50 years of fishing till the last two and the weather up north has been rain everyday so hmmm. 

Went out from Stanmore Bay couple of weeks ago the largest fish I caught just wasn’t right and had a very mushy texture, definitely had better.

Good evidence from the research that's been done to date that the milky condition is a result of malnutrition. That's quite consistent with the physical appearance as those fish are skinny. It seems to be confined to the northern East Coast but as to the cause, that's unclear. Will see if we can get some detailed info so stay tuned.