They often include fish farms and hatcheries that make up the portion of agriculture commonly known as aquaculture. 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq . A further point of interest is how should the government regulate those that do qualify as point sources. That is, in part, because the amount of regulation applied to an agricultural producer under the Act varies depending on whether a point source exists.
Point sources have a number of important regulatory distinctions.
33 U.S.C. Sec. 33 U.S.C. Sec. There may be other distinctions. It does use the term concentrated animal feeding operation in the list. However, the Act does not describe the distinguishing characteristics of an operation that would cause it to be treated as a point source under the law.