Two boating fatalities over the holiday weekend bring the Tennessee state total to 12 as the summer boating season gets underway.

TWRA agents were highly active on local waterways over the weekend, monitoring everything from kayaks to speedboats.

According to TWRA agent Pete Geesling, there were two boating under the influence arrests on Center Hill Lake over the extended weekend. In addition, there were two boating-related accidents, including one with injury.

On Center Hill Lake, TWRA officers checked over 100 registered vessels and nearly 300 canoes and kayaks.

In the Great Falls area of Rock Island, TWRA agents checked over 30 registered vessels.

On the Collins and Barren Fork rivers, there were nearly 500 kayakers checked. The most common violations for kayakers are for not having one life jacket per person, fishing without a license, and littering.

Both boating fatalities occurred Monday.

On South Holston Lake in Sullivan County, a pontoon boat and personal watercraft collided. A female passenger on the personal watercraft was killed while the male operator suffered serious injuries.

The other fatality was a 19-year-old Rhea County woman who was recovered from Watts Bar Lake. She entered the water from a boat and did not resurface.

“With fuel prices higher than in the past, we saw a number of boats anchored out in coves or rafted up together,” said TWRA boating investigator Capt. Matt Majors. “The amount of just running up and down the lake seemed to be less, although the popular lakes and rivers were still very busy with many calls for service for wildlife officers. Our wildlife officers did see a number of designated operators, but also made many arrests for boating under the influence around the state.”

Statewide, there were 25 BUI arrests, according to TWRA.