Golden mahseer is one of the splendid ecotourism species of the Government of Uttaranchal should strive to conserve in order to enhance the prospects of nature tourism opportunities in the state. In Uttaranchal the golden mahseer is largely confined to lotic habitats. The abundance of the fish over the decades has declined drastically as the fry, fingerlings and brooders are killed in the spawning streams by destructive ways of fishing such as dynamiting, poisoning and by the use of electricity. Further in three river systems (Yamuna, Ganga and Sharda) the fish has lost its feeding or wintering habitat as a result of hydel and irrigation projects.