UDkt. Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez umemezele ngesonto eledlule ukuthi zonke izinhlobo zotshani basolwandle zizothola ukuqashelwa okusemthethweni ukuze zilondolozwe eMexico yi-Comisión Nacional Para El Conocimento y Uso de la Bioversidad. UDkt. Riosmena-Rodriguez nabafundi bakhe bahole ukuqapha nokucwaninga kotshani basolwandle njengengxenye ye-Li-aguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Programme (LSIESP), iphrojekthi ye-The Ocean Foundation, kule minyaka engu-6 edlule futhi sizoqhubeka nokuqapha futhi sibike ngesimo sezitshalo zasolwandle echwebeni.

UDkt. Riosmena-Rodriguez kanye nomfundi wakhe u-Jorge Lopez bamenywe ukuba bahlanganyele emzuliswaneni wokugcina wemihlangano ye-CONABIO ukuze baxoxe ngokubaluleka kokufaka utshani basolwandle njengezilwane ezaziwayo ukuze kucatshangelwe ukongiwa okukhethekile. UDkt. Riosmena-Rodriguez ukhiqize isizindalwazi sezinhlobo zezitshalo zasolwandle e-Laguna San Ignacio enikeze isizinda salesi sinqumo, futhi izosekela ukuthethelelwa kokulondolozwa nokuvikelwa kotshani be-eel (Zostera marina) nolunye utshani basolwandle e-Laguna San Ignacio nakwezinye izindawo. eBaja California.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-CONABIO igunyaze uhlelo lokuqapha izizalo zemihlume ezindaweni ezingu-42 ezizungeze i-Mexican Pacific, kanti iLaguna San Ignacio ingenye yalezo zindawo. Njengesizinda sokuqapha esibalulekile, uDkt. Riosmena-Rodriguez nabafundi bakhe bazoqala uhlu lwezihlahla zomhlume e-Laguna San Ignacio ukuze bathole isisekelo, futhi baqhubeke nokuqapha isimo saleyo mihlume eminyakeni ezayo.