Records of the occurrence of marine species in the coastal zone of the Azores archipelago.

Occurrence data for marine mammals (132,591 records of 25 species), fish (256,413 records of 253 species), turtles (14,511 records of 4 species), breeding seabirds (64,388 records of 9 species), kelp forest (1,212 of 2 species), and corals (9,399 records of 33 species).Research is funded through Blue Azores; an initiative involving the Regional Government of the Azores, The Oceano Azul Foundation and the Waitt Institute. The authors also benefited from funding the Portuguese National Funds from FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology through projects UIDB/04326/2020 (DOI:10.54499/UIDB/04326/2020), UIDP/04326/2020 (DOI:10.54499/UIDP/04326/2020), LA/P/0101/2020 (DOI:10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020), PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020 (DOI:10.54499/PTDC/BIA-CBI/6515/2020 and the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2022.00861.CEECIND/CP1729/CT0003 (DOI:10.54499/2022.00861.CEECIND/CP1729/CT0003).