U.S. border officials warn Michigan’s ‘Jobbie Nooner’ attendees to report boats

June 24 (UPI) — U.S. border officials issued a reminder on Tuesday to foreign arrivals bound for Michigan’s upcoming “Jobbie Nooner” boating event that federal law requires vessels to be reported upon entering the country.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it wanted to give a fresh reminder to Canadian or other foreign boating enthusiasts on the way to the annual event with their small pleasure vessels to Gull Island on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair that failure to report their boats on arrival in the United States may lead to “significant penalties,” such as fines, vessel seizures or even prison in some cases.