Zeb Hogan of the TV-series Monster Fish on National Geographic Channel and other conservationists transferred the fish to a holding pen in hope that it would survive, but it died shortly afterwards due to unrecoverable injuries sustained while thrashing in the net.[10] During a search conducted in the Yangtze basin from 2006–2008, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science in Jingzhou failed to catch any paddlefish,[11] but two probable specimens were recorded with hydroacoustic signals.[12] Although very small numbers might survive,[1] many scientists now consider the Chinese paddlefish to be extinct.[13]