{"id":15243850,"date":"2026-08-06T12:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/internal-dfo-memo-warns-trump-backed-bill-threatens-right-whale-survival\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:33:50","slug":"internal-dfo-memo-warns-trump-backed-bill-threatens-right-whale-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/internal-dfo-memo-warns-trump-backed-bill-threatens-right-whale-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal DFO memo warns Trump-backed bill threatens right whale survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ipolitics.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CP166493905.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo\/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fisheries Department has said little about the proposed U.S. legislation. But the newly released memo shows experts inside the department believe the policy could have grave consequences for the species, of which fewer than 400 remain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2026\/08\/06\/internal-dfo-memo-warns-trump-backed-bill-threatens-right-whale-survival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">iPolitics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fisheries Department has said little about the proposed U.S. legislation. But the newly released memo shows experts inside the department believe the policy could have grave consequences for the species, of which fewer than 400 remain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15243852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15243850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-620x413.jpg",620,413,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-940x627.jpg",940,627,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-1340x894.jpg",1340,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15243850-cp166493905-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/news\/usa\/usa-politics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">USA Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"USA Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15243850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15243851,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15243850\/revisions\/15243851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15243852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15243850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15243850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15243850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}