Local productive arrangements (LPAs) are important options for the implementation of job-creating public policies and income in a sustainable way. In Brazil, such policies to encourage organizations, although recent, has become consistent and the results of its implementation can already be perceived. This work consisted in analyzing the performance of the Development Company of the São Francisco and Parnaíba (Codevasf) in the local productive arrangement of fish farming in the municipality of Sobradinho/BA. Through documentary research in the database of the 6th Regional Superintendency and interviews with engineers Unit of the Regional Revitalization Management - Territorial Development Unit of the institution, arrangement of characteristics and the benefits for the participants and the local population were raised. As results, it was found that after the company's participation in LPAs was a considerable increase in production, marketing and consumption of fish as well as the creation of new job opportunities in the region.