Zuppa di Pesce (Italian Fish & Seafood Stew)

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 monkfish loin cut in 4 fillets
• 8 sea scallops
• 8 brown shrimp Jumbo, cleaned, tail left on, shells reserved, *see notes
• 1 1/2 manila clams
• 1/2 large yellow onion thinly sliced
• 1 bulb fennel thinly sliced, a few fennel fronds reserved
• 2 cloves garlic or more!, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 29 ounces San Marzano tomatoes crushed
• 3 cups broth *see notes or water
• extra-virgin olive oil
• rustic Italian bread
• rubbed
• olive oil