 Not an angling target due to small size and conservation status.Staff from the Arthur Rylah Institute in February 2020 travelled to the Dargo River near Mount Hotham and captured about 200 Dargo galaxias to be brought into captivity as an insurance population while the ash and debris from the 2019-2020 bushfires move through the system.The ash and debris causes low dissolved oxygen and can clog the gills of the fish.