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.
"If you do not follow the reporting requirements and enter the United States illegally, you will be prosecuted, and your vessel will be seized," said John R. Morris, CBP's sector chief patrol agent in Detroit.
The Mardi Gras-like "Jobbie Nooner" surrounding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-created Gull Island in Lake St. Clair claims it is one of the world's biggest boat parties.
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