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[jaxad0127]

What about collapsing a stone ring around the caldera?

[MagmaMcFry]

Related: I have embarked on a coastal cliff with an "underwater" volcano too. The magma cap almost instantly formed (with about 100 cave-ins) and that was it. It's not that interesting at all. The pipe was only halfways in the ocean, so there was land access to the forming caldera sea.

The only thing that is really cool is this message (which repeats every few seasons):

There is nothing to catch in the volcano. 

Time for !!SCIENCE!!.

Can dwarves really fish in a volcano (even if not underwater)? What happens to their beards in the process? Test and respond please 

[Lytha]

What happens if you take some magma out of a volcano, store it somewhere safe, wait until it re-fills, and pour the stolen magma on top of it?

Even more important, what happens if you then steal more magma out of the volcano? Up to which level will it re-fill?

[MagmaMcFry]

Try it yourself and report. I think the magma will stay at that level when overfilled and rise up to original level when redrained.

[EmperorNuthulu]

I had a volcano in a temperate area, how the heck does that work?

[Halnoth]

I have a similar embark with a volcano which is under a lake. This lake is also flowing for some reason (possibly the river delta at the edge of the map). SO I did the natural thing and built a pier over the volcano, set up waterwheels, pumped the water away from the caldera, walled it off, and then built my magma forges in the middle of the lake with my fortress right above. I don't think my dwarves have left the inside of my fortress since about two years in except to reset the cage traps (which I use for the coloseum on top of the fortress).