Named the Queen's Gardens by Christopher Columbus, the Jardines de la Reina is a pristine chain of islands, very similar in nature to the Florida Keys in the USA.The island system runs more than one hundredmiles back to the northwest, from Cuba's south-eastern coast. Most of the area we fish is fifty or more miles offshore and has been designated as a Cuban Marine Park in 1996 and now is the biggest Park in all the Caribbean area.As such, there is no commercial fishing in the area, and no other operators allowed. There is no inhabitation of any kind on any of the islands in the Marine Park, where Avalon's operation is located.This is a huge expanse of saltwater wilderness, perhaps the last place like this left in the world today.With Cuba's continued protection it should remain a treasure forever.