 Today the bay is a notable source of shrimp and sulfur, as well as of muskrat fur, natural gas, and petroleum.Until Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965, Barataria Bay was home to Manila Village.On 27 July 2010, the tugboat "Pere Ana C." struck an abandoned wellhead owned by Houston-based Cedyco Corp, while pulling a barge near Bayou St. Denis in Barataria Bay, causing a oil and gas geyser.