SURMAR/ASIMAR e lakatsa ho tebisa kutloisiso ea rona ea lits'ebetso tsa tlhaho Koung ea California e bohareng ho baballa lisebelisoa tsa tlhaho le ho ntlafatsa bophelo bo botle ba tikoloho sebakeng sena sa bohlokoa. Mananeo a eona a etsoa ka tšebelisano 'moho le Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Mulegé (ITESME) e Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, moo lenaneo le ntseng le nts'etsapele setsi se secha sa tikoloho, "Gulf of California International Research Center" (GCIRC). Setsi sena se tla ba le lisebelisoa tsa laboratori le tsa aquarium tse tla fumaneha ho bafuputsi bakeng sa merero e tsamaellanang le sepheo sa SURMAR. SURMAR e hokahane le TOF ho tloha 2011.
Research e akaretsa ikholoji ea tikoloho ea lehae ea leoatle le lefats'e, fisioloji le boitšoaro ba libōpuoa tse lulang libakeng tsena, le litaba tse amanang le paballo. Ho feta moo, lipatlisiso tse sebelisoang le tsa sechaba li sebetsana le tšebeliso e tsitsitseng ea lisebelisoa le ho nolofatsa ho etsa liqeto tsa sechaba.
Thuto le Outreach Kopanela baithuti ba ITESME le litsi tse nkang karolo lipatlisisong le ho fana ka koetliso ea mahlale a leoatleng. Baithuti ba tsoang ho ITESME ba nka karolo boitekong ba SURMAR ba ho beha leihlo libaka tsa mafika tse lipakeng tsa maoatle le lithupelong tse kopanetsoeng. Re sebetsa le basebetsi ba ITEMSE ho nts'etsapele menyetla ea ho ruta theknoloji ea maoatle. SURMAR ke mokhatlo oa basebetsi-'moho le Fundación Hagamos más por Santa Rosalía, mokhatlo o sa etseng phaello o ikemiselitseng ho sebeletsa sechaba sa Santa Rosalia. Hape ke molekane le Western Flyer Foundation ho nts'etsapele mananeo a tšebelisano Mexico a tla kenyelletsa sekepe se tsosolositsoeng seo John Steinbeck le Ed Ricketts ba neng ba se sebelisa ho hlahloba Leoatle la Cortez ka 1940.
Paballo le tlhokomelo maiteko hajwale a tsepamisitse maikutlo hodima diphoofolo tse majwe tsa intertidal invertebrates, subtidal reef fishes, mehlodi ya squid ya jumbo, le dibaka tsa molamu wa metsi sebakeng sa Santa Rosalia. Re mothating oa ho atolosetsa mesebetsi ena ho Gulf waters ea Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ka kopanelo le matsapa a Western Flyer Foundation. Re boetse re sebelisana 'moho le Ecologists Without Borders mabapi le ho theha Morero oa Ntlafatso ea Boreahlapi bakeng sa Santa Rosalia le lichaba tse haufi.