Internal DFO memo warns Trump-backed bill threatens right whale survivalBy Canadian Press on August 6, 2026. FILE - A North Atlantic right whale surfaces on Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371) FILE - A North Atlantic right whale surfaces on Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Monday, March 27, 2023. North Atlantic right whales are said to be one of the most endangered large whales in the world. Brillant said the North Atlantic right whale population was in “free fall” for about a decade.