Trident Seafoods Corp., Seattle, Wash., announced plans to enter the value-added seafood processing business in Germany with the acquisition of Pickenpack Vertriebs (PPV) and The Seafood Traders (TST) processing facility in Riepe, Germany.

Matlaw’s, Gloucester, Mass., introduced its nationwide rollout of the new Big Bag Value Line.

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, acquired North Star Seafood, Pompano Beach, Fla.

SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood Co. added a new Lighthouse Selections lineup of “lighter” shrimp-based products to its portfolio.

Canada-based High Liner Foods Inc. announced plans to cease value-added fish operations at its New Bedford, Mass., production facility to reduce excess capacity across its North American production network.

High Liner Foods, Portsmouth, N.H., introduced new items to its GUINNESS Distinctive Seafood line, which is produced with real GUINNESS stout and includes beer-battered and flame-seared products.

Pacific Seafood Group, Portland, Ore., added to its line of breaded and battered fish new offerings of Classic and gluten-free beer battered cod under the Pacific Sustainable Seafood brand.

High Liner Foods, Portsmouth, N.H., introduced Simply Sauce Seafood Bites to K-12 lunch menus.

Canada-based Clearwater Seafoods entered into an agreement with the Beaton Family and private equity fund Change Capital Partners to acquire 100% of the shares of Macduff Shellfish Group Ltd., a UK-based vertically integrated shellfish company.