I-SURMAR/ASIMAR inqwenela ukwenza nzulu ukuqonda kwethu iinkqubo zendalo kumbindi weGulf of California ukuze kugcinwe ubutyebi bendalo kunye nokuphucula impilo ye-ecosystem kulo mmandla ubalulekileyo. Iinkqubo zayo ziqhutywa ngentsebenziswano ne-Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Mulegé (ITESME) eSanta Rosalia, eBaja California Sur, apho inkqubo iphuhlisa indawo entsha yengingqi, “iGulf of California International Research Centre” (GCIRC). Eli ziko liza kuba neendawo zaselabhu kunye nezasemanzini eziya kufumaneka kubaphandi kwiiprojekthi ezihambelana neenjongo ze-SURMAR. I-SURMAR inyanyaniswe ne-TOF ukusukela ngo-2011.
Research ibandakanya i-ecology yendawo yaselwandle yasekhaya kunye nomhlaba, iphysiology kunye nokuziphatha kwezinto eziphilayo ezihlala kule mimandla, kunye nemiba enxulumene nolondolozo. Ukongezelela, uphando olusetyenzisiweyo kunye noluntu lujongene nokusetyenziswa okuzinzileyo kwemithombo kunye nokuququzelela ukuthathwa kwezigqibo zentlalo.
Imfundo kunye nokufikelela eluntwini bandakanya abafundi be-ITESME kunye namaziko athatha inxaxheba kuphando kunye nokubonelela ngoqeqesho kwisayensi yolwandle. Abafundi abasuka kwi-ITESME bathatha inxaxheba kwiinzame zokubeka iliso ze-SURMAR zeendawo zokuhlala ezinamatye kunye neendibano zocweyo ezisebenzisanayo. Sisebenza kunye nabasebenzi be-ITEME ukuphuhlisa amathuba okufundisa kubuchwepheshe baselwandle. I-SURMAR ngumbutho weqabane kunye neFundación Hagamos más por Santa Rosalía, umbutho ongenzi ngeniso ozinikele ekukhonzeni uluntu lwaseSanta Rosalia. Kwakhona iqabane kunye neWestern Flyer Foundation ekuphuhliseni iinkqubo zokusebenzisana eMexico eziza kubandakanya inqanawa ebuyiselweyo uJohn Steinbeck kunye no-Ed Ricketts basebenzise ukuhlola uLwandle lwaseCortez kwi-1940.
Ulondolozo kunye nokubeka iliso Iinzame okwangoku zigxile kwizilwanyana ezingenamqolo zamatye, iintlanzi eziphantsi komhlaba, i-jumbo squid, kunye neepropathi zekholomu yamanzi kummandla waseSanta Rosalia. Sikwinkqubo yokwandisa le misebenzi kwiGulf waters yeVizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ngokubambisana neenzame zeWestern Flyer Foundation. Sikwasebenzisana neeEcologists Without Borders ekuphuhliseni iProjekthi yoPhuculo lwezokuLoba eSanta Rosalia kunye noluntu oluyingqongileyo.