found out these are the last of the oysters. you are looking at probably the last product until this oil stuff is cleaned up. reporter: how long is that going to be? i don t know. it could be weeks, months, a year, i don t know. we don t know how much damage it is going to cause. reporter: by the end of business saturday, wright is shutting down. and he s worried he could be out of business permanently. i hear the same thing from raymond barber. his processing business ran out of crabs in the morning. when these crawfish are done, that s it. we re sunk. that s what i m saying, we re out of business. we re at the mercy of the banks. reporter: the oil spill could do more damage to bayou la batre than any hurricane. louisiana waters are now fouled by oil. you re the mayor. that s correct. reporter: what s going to happen to this town? our income is going to be
going to be? i don t know. it could be weeks, months, a year, i don t know. we don t know how much damage is going to kooft t ing ting to co business. reporter: wright is shutting down and he s worried he could be out of business permanently. i hear the same thing from raymond barber. his processing business ran out of crabs in the morning. when the crawfish are done, that s it. we re sunk. we re out of business. we re at the mercy of the tanks. reporter: the oil spill could do more damage to bayou la batrie than any hurricane. they run on catch from louisiana waters, now fouled by oil. you re the mayor. that s correct. reporter: what is going to happen to this town? our income is going to be nothing. reporter: there aren t many economic options. workers here get paid by the pound. most seafood workers are immigrants from southeast asia. everyone is a little scared. they don t know exactly how it is going to turn out yet. they re not making plans yet.
stuff is cleaned up. reporter: how long is that going to be? i don t know. it could be weeks, months, or years. we don t know. we don t know how much damage it s going to cost our oyster field. reporter: by the end of business saturday wright is shutting down and he s worried he could be out of business permanently. i hear the same thing from raymond barber. his processing business ran out of crabs in the morning. when these crawfish are done, that s it. we re sunk. that s what i m saying. we re out of business. reporter: the oil spill could do damage worse than the hurricane. the louisiana waters are now fouled by oil. you re the mayor? that s correct. what s going to happen to this town? our income is going to be nothing. reporter: there aren t many options. most get paid by the pound.