Whale-Watching cetacean occurrences by Futurismo Azores Adventures from 2008 to 2018 off São Miguel (Azores)

<p>Whale-watching vessels have become valuable platforms for cetacean data collection worldwide. In the Azores, a cetacean hotspot in the Atlantic, Futurismo Azores Adventures, a family-owned tourism company with whale-watching as its core business, has been collecting data regularly since 2008. The current dataset compiles observations of 20 cetacean species and 19 other species of marine megafauna, recorded by Futurismo Azores Adventures off São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal) from 2008 to 2018. Data was collected during 4219 whale-watching commercial trips conducted daily and year-round. This information has been prepared for publication within the framework of the DTO-BioFlow project, which aims to enable a data flow into the EU Digital Twin Ocean.</p>观鲸船现已成为全球鲸类数据采集的重要平台。作为大西洋鲸类热点区域的亚速尔群岛，其境内以观鲸为核心业务的家族旅游企业Futurismo Azores Adventures自2008年起便定期开展数据采集工作。本数据集整合了2008至2018年间，Futurismo Azores Adventures在葡萄牙亚速尔群岛圣米格尔岛周边海域记录的观测结果，涵盖20种鲸类与19种其他海洋巨型动物群（marine megafauna）物种。数据采集工作依托全年每日开展的4219次商业观鲸航次完成。本数据集已按照DTO-BioFlow项目框架完成出版筹备工作，该项目旨在实现数据向欧盟数字孪生海洋（EU Digital Twin Ocean）的流通共享。