Dates and locations of Callinectes blue crab samples from the coastal Atlantic waters of north and south America, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean from Massachusetts to Uruguay from 2017 to 2021

Dates and locations of Callinectes blue crab samples from the coastal Atlantic waters of North and South America, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean from Massachusetts to Uruguay from 2017 through 2021. Crab populations were sampled using methods available to collaborating scientists, managers, and fishermen, as listed in the dataset.本数据集收录了2017年至2021年间，采自北美与南美大西洋沿岸海域、墨西哥湾及加勒比海（覆盖马萨诸塞州至乌拉圭海域）的蓝蟹（Callinectes blue crab）样本的采集日期与采样位点信息。本次蟹类种群采样所采用的方法均为合作科学家、管理人员与渔民可使用的可行方案，具体方法已在数据集中列明。