In the 1970s, aquaculture accounted for about 696 of fish available for human consumption and for about 496 of total supply, in 2006 it accounted for 47% of human consumption and 3696 of total supply. This growth has occurred more quickly in some regions of the world than in others. The same pattern appears when production is broken down by species. However, in recent years the rate of growth in global aquaculture production has been slowing.