Representatives of the communications network meet annually, either at the biennial Sea Grant Week conference or at a smaller meeting with representatives from just extension and communications. Organizational structure:

The Communications Network is comprised of the communications professionals in all Sea Grant programs. These professionals include communications coordinators, managers, directors, editors, writers, graphic designers, artists and webmasters.

The Communications Steering Committee (CSC) is led by the chair of the National Sea Grant Communications Network and includes an executive committee, voting and non-voting (ex officio) members/liaisons. Voting members of the CSC include the Communications Network chair, chair-elect, the immediate past chair, one representative elected from each of the five geographical regions, and the chair of the National Sea Grant Web Developers Committee. The regions, as defined by NSG, are:

• Pacific Region: Alaska, California, Southern California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
• Great Lakes Region: Illinois-Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin
• Northeast Region: Connecticut, Maine, MIT, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, WHOI
• Mid-Atlantic Region: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia
• Southeast/Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Region – Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi-Alabama, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas
• Steering Committee, regional reps, web sub committee
• By-laws: Communications Network purpose, structure and activities, (updated 2008, draft pending network approval), see: By-laws (PDF)