SURMAR/ASIMAR inoshuvira kudzamisa kunzwisisa kwedu kwemaitiro echisikigo pakati peGulf yeCalifornia kuchengetedza zviwanikwa uye kuwedzera hutano hwe ecosystem mudunhu rino rakakosha. Zvirongwa zvacho zvinoitwa nekubatana neInstituto Tecnologico Superior de Mulegé (ITESME) muSanta Rosalia, Baja California Sur, uko chirongwa ichi chiri kugadzira nzvimbo itsva yedunhu, "Gulf of California International Research Center" (GCIRC). Nzvimbo iyi ichange iine zvivakwa zvemurabhoritari uye zvemu aquarium izvo zvichave zviripo kune vanoongorora mapurojekiti anofambirana nezvinangwa zveSURMAR. SURMAR yakabatana neTOF kubvira 2011.
tsvakurudzo inosanganisa ecology yenzvimbo dzemugungwa nepasi, physiology uye maitiro ezvipenyu zvinogara munzvimbo idzi, uye nyaya dzine chekuita nekuchengetedza. Pamusoro pezvo, tsvagiridzo yekushandiswa uye yemagariro inogadzirisa kushandiswa kwakasimba kwezviwanikwa uye kufambisa kwekuita sarudzo munharaunda.
Dzidzo uye Kuparidzira batanidza vadzidzi veITESME uye masangano anotora chikamu mukutsvagisa uye kupa dzidziso musainzi yegungwa. Vadzidzi vanobva kuITESME vanotora chikamu mukuedza kweSURMAR yekutarisa nzvimbo dzine matombo uye mumashopu anodyidzana. Tiri kushanda nevashandi veTESE kukudziridza mikana yekudzidzisa mune tekinoroji yemugungwa. SURMAR isangano rinodyidzana neFundación Hagamos más por Santa Rosalía, isingabatsiri yakazvipira kushandira nharaunda yeSanta Rosalia. Iri zvakare mubatsiri neWestern Flyer Foundation mukugadzira zvirongwa zvekubatana muMexico izvo zvinosanganisira ngarava yakadzorerwa yakashandiswa naJohn Steinbeck naEd Ricketts kuongorora Gungwa reCortez muna 1940.
Kuchengetedza uye kutarisa kuedza pari zvino kwakanangana nematombo ane matombo emukati metidal invertebrates, subtidal reef hove, jumbo squid zviwanikwa, uye mvura-column zvivakwa munzvimbo yeSanta Rosalia. Tiri mubishi rekuwedzera zviitiko izvi kuGulf mvura yeVizcaíno Biosphere Reserve takabatana neWestern Flyer Foundation kuedza. Tiri kushandawo neEcologists Pasina Border mukugadzira Fishery Improvement Project yeSanta Rosalia nenharaunda dzakatenderedza.