Estimates for 2009 show a slight increase from the previous year. Compared with production figures a decade ago, the current amount represents a growth of more than 28 Mt. This additional supply is mainly due to increases in aquaculture production. Capture fisheries production, which reached its peak in 1996 with 93.8 Mt, has stabilised within a range of 85 and 94 Mt, with variations mainly caused by the El Nino climate pattern phenomenon. In the last three years, capture fisheries production remained close to 90 Mt. Forecasts indicate that any major increase in future supply will come from aquaculture. Aquaculture production is already playing a substantial role in supplying fish for human consumption, growing from a share of 17% of per capita fish consumption in late 1980s to an estimated 46% currently.