Makemake ʻo SURMAR/ASIMAR e hoʻonui i ko mākou ʻike i nā kaʻina hana kūlohelohe ma ke Kaiwaenahonua o Kaleponi e mālama i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino kaiaola ma kēia ʻāina koʻikoʻi. Hoʻokō ʻia nā papahana me ka Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Mulegé (ITESME) ma Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, kahi e hoʻomohala ai ka papahana i kahi keʻena kūloko hou, ʻo ka "Gulf of California International Research Center" (GCIRC). E hōʻike ana kēia hale hana i nā keʻena hoʻokolohua a me nā mea aquarium e loaʻa i nā mea noiʻi no nā papahana i kūlike me nā pahuhopu o SURMAR. Ua pili ʻo SURMAR me TOF mai 2011.
Research Hoʻopili ʻia ka kaiaola o nā kaiaola kai a me ka honua, ka physiology a me ke ʻano o nā mea ola e noho ana i kēia mau ʻāina, a me nā pilikia pili i ka mālama. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka noiʻi noiʻi noiʻi a me ka pilikanaka e kamaʻilio i ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka nohona.
Ka Hoʻonaʻauao a me ka Hoʻolaha hoʻokomo i nā haumāna o ITESME a me nā hui komo i ka noiʻi a hāʻawi i ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻepekema moana. Ke komo nei nā haumāna mai ITESME i nā hoʻoikaika ʻana a SURMAR i ka nānā ʻana i nā wahi noho i waena o nā pōhaku a me nā papa hana hana. Ke hana nei mākou me nā limahana ITEMSE e hoʻomohala i nā manawa aʻo i ka ʻenehana moana. He hui hoa ʻo SURMAR me Fundación Hagamos más por Santa Rosalía, kahi waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kaiāulu ʻo Santa Rosalia. He hoa pili ia me ka Western Flyer Foundation i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana hui ma Mekiko e pili ana i ka moku i hoʻihoʻi ʻia a John Steinbeck lāua ʻo Ed Ricketts i hoʻohana ai e makaʻala i ke Kai o Cortez ma 1940.
Ka mālama a me ka nānā ʻana Ke hoʻoikaika nei ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā invertebrates intertidal pōhaku, nā iʻa subtidal reef, nā kumu hee jumbo, a me nā waiwai kolamu wai ma ka wahi ʻo Santa Rosalia. Ke hana nei mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia mau hana i nā wai Kaiwa o ka Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o Western Flyer Foundation. Ke hana pū nei mākou me Ecology Without Borders i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi papahana hoʻomaikaʻi lawaiʻa no Santa Rosalia a me nā kaiāulu a puni.