I-SURMAR/ASIMAR ifisa ukujulisa ukuqonda kwethu izinqubo zemvelo enkabeni yeGulf of California ukuze ulondoloze imithombo yemvelo futhi uthuthukise impilo ye-ecosystem kulesi sifunda esibalulekile. Izinhlelo zayo zenziwa ngokubambisana ne-Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Mulegé (ITESME) e-Santa Rosalia, e-Baja California Sur, lapho uhlelo luthuthukisa indawo entsha yesifunda, “i-Gulf of California International Research Center” (GCIRC). Lesi sikhungo sizoba nezindawo zaselabhorethri kanye nezasemanzini ezizotholakala kubacwaningi kumaphrojekthi ahambisana nezinjongo ze-SURMAR. I-SURMAR ixhumene ne-TOF kusukela ngo-2011.
Ucwaningo ihlanganisa i-ecology yendawo yasolwandle yasendaweni neyomhlaba, i-physiology nokuziphatha kwezilwane ezihlala kulezi zifunda, kanye nezindaba eziphathelene nokongiwa kwemvelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo olusetshenziswayo nolwezenhlalo lubhekana nokusetshenziswa okuzinzile kwezinsiza kanye nokwenza lula ukuthathwa kwezinqumo zomphakathi.
Imfundo Nokufinyelela bandakanya abafundi be-ITESME kanye nezikhungo ezibambe iqhaza ocwaningweni futhi zinikeze ukuqeqeshwa kwesayensi yasolwandle. Abafundi abavela ku-ITESME babamba iqhaza emizamweni yokuqapha ye-SURMAR yezindawo zokuhlala ezinamadwala aphakathi kwamadwala kanye nasezingqungqutheleni zokucobelelana ngolwazi. Sisebenzisana nabasebenzi be-ITEMSE ukuthuthukisa amathuba okufundisa kubuchwepheshe basolwandle. I-SURMAR yinhlangano ebambisene ne-Fundación Hagamos más por Santa Rosalía, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinikele ekukhonzeni umphakathi wase-Santa Rosalia. Iphinde ibe nguzakwethu ne-Western Flyer Foundation ekuthuthukiseni izinhlelo zokusebenzisana e-Mexico ezizobandakanya umkhumbi obuyiselwe u-John Steinbeck no-Ed Ricketts abawusebenzisa ukuhlola uLwandle lwaseCortez ngo-1940.
Ukongiwa kanye nokuqapha okwamanje imizamo igxile ezilwaneni ezingenamgogodla ezinamatshe, izinhlanzi zama-subtidal reef, izinsiza ze-squid ezinkulu, kanye nezakhiwo zekholomu yamanzi endaweni yase-Santa Rosalia. Sisezinhlelweni zokwelula le misebenzi ku-Gulf waters ye-Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ngokuhlanganyela nemizamo ye-Western Flyer Foundation. Siphinde futhi sibambisane ne-Ecologists Without Borders ekuthuthukiseni iProjekthi Yokuthuthukisa Imboni Yezokudoba ye-Santa Rosalia kanye nemiphakathi ezungezile.